Ĕx'ti-spĭ'cious, a.

(-spĭsh'us), a. [Lat. extispicium, an inspection of the inwards for the purpose of prophesying, from extispex, a soothsayer, from exta, the internal parts of the body, and spicere, specere, to view, behold.] Relating to the inspection of entrails in order to prognostication. [Obs.] “Augurial, and extispicious inventions.” Browne.