ichnomancy

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noun

Divination by observing a person's or animal's footprints.

Scrabble 22

Meanings

nounichnomancy (uncountable)
  1. uncountableDivination by observing a person's or animal's footprints.

    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.

    2020, Alicia Rades, The Reaper's Shadow

Origin

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APA

ichnomancy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnomancy

MLA

“ichnomancy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnomancy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ichnomancy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ichnomancy.

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