a. Obs. rare–1. Also 7–8 extispitious. [f. L. extispici-um the function of an EXTISPEX + -OUS.] Of or pertaining to inspection of entrails for the purpose of divination.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., I. xi. 44. Thus hath he [Satan] deluded many Nations in his Auguriall and Extispicious inventions.
1755. in Johnson.
