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il rabdomante

dowser, water diviner

rabdo rod + mante diviner; seer
noun · masculine Rare #43,509
dowser, water diviner Someone who claims to find underground water (or other hidden things) using a forked stick or similar tool.
IT: In paese c’è un rabdomante che dice di trovare l’acqua con una bacchetta.
EN: In the village there’s a dowser who says he can find water with a stick.

Userò una bacchetta da rabdomante.

I will use a divining rod.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

Avrebbe potuto assumere un rabdomante vero.

He could have hired a real dowser.

— Jean de Florette (1986)

E la bacchetta da rabdomante?

And the divining rod?

— Jean de Florette (1986)

E poi, un rabdomante buono è costoso.

And then, a good dowser is expensive.

— Jean de Florette (1986)