in ancient Rome predictions of future events would sometimes be based on an examination of the entrails of a sacrificial animal
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Art the Clown likes to play with people’s entrails.—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 28 Oct. 2022 In one scene Dahmer goes fishing and, while learning to gut his catch, squeezes the entrails between his fingers and watches them ooze.—Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022 Ancient peoples believed divine messages could be transmitted through a variety of mediums, including the entrails of dead animals, the stars, the behavior of birds and small bones or dice.—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 But contrary to the name, the dish doesn't actually feature entrails.—Kate Springer, CNN, 22 Aug. 2022 See All Example Sentences for entrails
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Etymology
Middle English entrailles, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin intralia, alteration of Latin interanea, plural of interaneum intestine, from neuter of interaneus interior