Ailuromancy

[ahy-LOOR-oh-man-see]

(n.)

- Divination using cats' behavior to predict future events, especially the weather.

From Greek "ailouros" (cat) + Greek “-mancy" - (divination, prophecy, fortune telling)

Used in a sentence:

"We called her ‘the crazy cat lady’ while all along she was using ailuromancy with her old grimalkin to amass a vast fortune at the race tracks and casinos!”

Also known as “felidomancy,” a form of theriomancy - divination based upon observation of the movements of wild beasts.

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