soothsayer

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/ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/

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/ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/ · /ˈsuːθˌseɪə/

Definition of soothsayer

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noun

One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

“It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.”
“The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented.”
“The doomsday prophet / Whose words have all come true / The naysaying soothsayer / So cynical and blue”

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noun

One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

“It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.”
“The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented.”
“The doomsday prophet / Whose words have all come true / The naysaying soothsayer / So cynical and blue”
A mantis (Mantodea spp.)
(obsolete)One who tells the truth; a truthful person.
A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer.

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