felidomancy
nounEtymology From felid + -o- + -mancy.
1
Divination by interpreting the appearance and behaviour of cats.
- FELIDOMANCY: Divination involving the behavior or actions of a cat, ranging from changes in weather to unexpected visitors, or other occurrences. Dating from the Middle Ages, many of these have survived as popular superstitions.[1973, Walter B. Gibson, Litzka R. Gibson, The Complete Illustrated Book of Divination and Prophecy, London: Souvenir Press, published 1987, →ISBN, page 317:
- Synonyms
- ailuromancy