Haruspex, from an article (The Last Book Party by Gideon Lewis-Kraus, Harper's Magazine, March 2009).
Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: ha-rus-pex
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from haru- (akin to chorde gut, cord) + -spex, from specere to look - more at yarn, spy
Date: 1584
: a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals
There is avid speculation as to whom Rich will be writing about this year; she's seen as some kind of haruspex, and everybody is wondering whose entrails she'll be reading this time around.
Merriam-Webster:
Main Entry: ha-rus-pex
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin, from haru- (akin to chorde gut, cord) + -spex, from specere to look - more at yarn, spy
Date: 1584
: a diviner in ancient Rome basing his predictions on inspection of the entrails of sacrificial animals
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