† cole-prophetn.

Forms: Also col-, coll-, (written both conjointly and separately); also later cold(e prophet.

Etymology: Apparently < cole n.² a conjuring trick, or deceiver, cheat. The later cold prophet is evidently a perversion by ‘popular etymology’; it shows that the sense of cole was forgotten by 1579; also that the word had in 16th cent. a long ō, and was not Middle English cole = cool.

Obsolete.

One who pretends, by magic or occult means, to predict the future, tell fortunes, etc.; a wizard, sorcerer, diviner, necromancer, fortune-teller.

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller

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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > practitioner of

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1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 707/1 [No] nede to send ani such coll prophetes as these heretikes are, to teache his church the faithe.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Ci^v Ye plaie coleprophet (quoth I) who takth in hande, To knowe his answere before he doo his errande.

1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Glendower xxxi I found I was the hartles hare And not the beast Colprophete did declare.

1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury Pref. sig. Cvij^v Conjuring witches and coleprophetes, seduced by the lying spyrite as was Merline.

1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 23 You may gentleman accompte me for a colde Prophet thus hastely to deuine of your disposition.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 170 To plaie the cold prophet, as to recount it good or bad lucke, when salt or wine falleth on the table.

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 40 Some supernaturall Coleprophet.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1014 As hee was most vainely persuaded by his cold prophets, to whom he gaue no small credit.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World ii. 533 He foretold the death of this cold Prophet.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cole-prophet
释义	† cole-prophetn. Forms: Also col-, coll-, (written both conjointly and separately); also later cold(e prophet. Etymology: Apparently < cole n.² a conjuring trick, or deceiver, cheat. The later cold prophet is evidently a perversion by ‘popular etymology’; it shows that the sense of cole was forgotten by 1579; also that the word had in 16th cent. a long ō, and was not Middle English cole = cool. Obsolete. One who pretends, by magic or occult means, to predict the future, tell fortunes, etc.; a wizard, sorcerer, diviner, necromancer, fortune-teller. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller spaeman?a1505 cole-prophet1532 lot-teller1575 fortune-teller1612 fortune-flinger1642 fatary1652 fatiloquist1652 fortunary1652 fortune-speller1652 tea-groutera1833 tick-off1934 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination > [noun] > practitioner of wielerOE divinerc1330 divine1340 divinisterc1405 ruspicerc1475 sortilegerc1475 sortilege1483 cole-prophet1532 augur1570 divinator1608 sortiary1652 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 707/1 [No] nede to send ani such coll prophetes as these heretikes are, to teache his church the faithe. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. ix. sig. Ci^v Ye plaie coleprophet (quoth I) who takth in hande, To knowe his answere before he doo his errande. 1559 W. Baldwin et al. Myrroure for Magistrates Glendower xxxi I found I was the hartles hare And not the beast Colprophete did declare. 1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury Pref. sig. Cvij^v Conjuring witches and coleprophetes, seduced by the lying spyrite as was Merline. 1578 J. Lyly Euphues f. 23 You may gentleman accompte me for a colde Prophet thus hastely to deuine of your disposition. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft ix. iii. 170 To plaie the cold prophet, as to recount it good or bad lucke, when salt or wine falleth on the table. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Summarie Answere to Darel 40 Some supernaturall Coleprophet. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 1014 As hee was most vainely persuaded by his cold prophets, to whom he gaue no small credit. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World ii. 533 He foretold the death of this cold Prophet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1532
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