English

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Etymology

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From ichno- +‎ -mancy.

Noun

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ichnomancy (uncountable)

  1. Divination by observing a person's or animal's footprints.
    • 2020, Alicia Rades, The Reaper's Shadow:
      We'd already covered alomancy, or divination by salt; abacomancy, or divination through dust or ashes; and ichnomancy, where we read our futures from our footprints.