pedomancy
/ˈpɛdə(ʊ)mansi/Now rare
noun
Divination or fortune-telling by inspection of the soles of the feet.
- Treated in N.E.D. (1904) as a humorous invention of Gabriel Harvey..
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in Wilfrid Holme (d. 1538), author. From pedo- + -mancy. Compare Italian pedomanzia a kind of divination.
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