"pegomancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Ancient Greek πηγή (pēgḗ, “fountain”) + -mancy. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πηγή||fountain}} Ancient Greek πηγή (pēgḗ, “fountain”), {{suffix|en||mancy}} + -mancy Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} pegomancy (uncountable)
  1. divination by fountains Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Divination

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          "text": "Needless to say, “midden,” if we are to translate, is the stuff through which one is trying to walk in that footless stocking while the editors of National Review are failing to bite the bullet and forsake all squalid pegomancy for pedomancy."
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