Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ichnomancy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ich-no-man-cy
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From ichno- + -mancy.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: ichno
Suffix: mancy

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does ichnomancy mean?: Divination by observing a person's or animal's footprints.
Where does ichnomancy come from?: From ichno- + -mancy.

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