pedomancy

Divination by examining the soles of the feet.

Noun

  1. Divination by examining the soles of the feet.
    • May 13, 1975, Norman Mailer, letter to William f. Buckley, Jr. Needless to say, “midden,” if we are to translate, is the stuff through which one is trying to walk in that footless stocking while the editors of National...

    Synonyms: podomancy

Origin

From pedo- (“foot”) + -mancy.