prophetessn.

Brit.

/prɒfᵻˈtɛs/,

/ˈprɒfᵻtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈprɑfədəs/

Forms:

α. Middle English prophetas, Middle English prophetes, Middle English prophetese, Middle English prophetice, Middle English prophetyssa, Middle English–1500s prophetise, Middle English–1500s prophetissa, Middle English–1600s prophetesse, Middle English–1600s prophetisse, Middle English– prophetess; Scottish pre-1700 prophetes, pre-1700 prophetis, pre-1700 prophetise, pre-1700 prophetiss, pre-1700 prophites, 1700s– prophetess.

β. late Middle English profetesse.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prophetesse; Latin prophetissa.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prophetesse, Middle French prophetisse woman who prophesies, female prophet (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; French prophétesse ) and its etymon post-classical Latin prophetissa female prophet (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < classical Latin prophēta prophet n. + post-classical Latin -issa -ess suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan prophetissa (mid 14th cent.; Occitan profetessa), Spanish profetisa (c1200 as †prophetissa), Portuguese profetisa (14th cent. as †profetissa), Italian profetissa, †prophetissa (both second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), and also Middle Dutch prophetesse, prophetisse (Dutch profetes), Middle Low German profētisse.

A woman who prophesies, a female prophet; a woman who foretells the future, or claims to do so; a sibyl. In Isaiah 8:3 (as in quot. a1425) the meaning is apparently ‘a prophet's wife’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female

prophetessc1350

Sibyl1589

vaticinatress1693

spie-woman1744

seeress1766

spaewife1773

spae-woman1828

volva1889

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer > female

prophetessc1350

soothsayeress1648

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > female

prophetessc1350

Sibylc1374

c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 18 (MED) Þou suffrest a womman, Iezabel, þat seiþ þat she is prophetesse, forto techen & out drawen my seruantes to leccherie.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1802 For so my dowhter, prophetesse, fforwiþ hir litel houndes deth Betokneth.

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. viii. 3 Y neiȝede to the profetesse [a1382 a prophetesse]; and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone.

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4412 Dame Proserpyne, a prophetese of ȝoure praysid laȝes.

c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1589 (MED) The nobyll prophetyssa, Sybyll, men hyr call.

1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 29 The prophetesses of the olde lawe.

1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xx. 64 When she had vttered many things in this Propheticke fury,..she resembled a true possest Prophetesse.

1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xl. 256 Hulda the Prophetesse had the Supreme authority in matter of Religion.

1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits 284 Consulting the old Fate-telling Cumœan Sibyl, call'd the Prophetess of Hell.

1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music x. 180 Miriam, a distinguished Prophetess.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xx. 203 Cythna shall be the prophetess of love.

a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xv. 252 The king was met by a Highland woman, calling herself a prophetess; she..cried.., ‘My lord the king, if you pass this water you will never return again alive!’

1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. III. 936/1 The frenzied utterances of the Montanistic prophetesses.

1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxi. 353 ‘What can I tell you?’ Helen reflected, speaking more to herself..than as a prophetess delivering a message.

1942 Lima (Ohio) News 10 Nov. 12/8 Norns..were said to appear as prophetesses at the birth of children.

1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 65/1 The fifteenth-century Yorkshire prophetess Mother Shipton..allegedly put it [sc. the end of the world] in 1991.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prophetess
释义	prophetessn. Brit. /prɒfᵻˈtɛs/, /ˈprɒfᵻtᵻs/, U.S. /ˈprɑfədəs/ Forms: α. Middle English prophetas, Middle English prophetes, Middle English prophetese, Middle English prophetice, Middle English prophetyssa, Middle English–1500s prophetise, Middle English–1500s prophetissa, Middle English–1600s prophetesse, Middle English–1600s prophetisse, Middle English– prophetess; Scottish pre-1700 prophetes, pre-1700 prophetis, pre-1700 prophetise, pre-1700 prophetiss, pre-1700 prophites, 1700s– prophetess. β. late Middle English profetesse. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prophetesse; Latin prophetissa. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French prophetesse, Middle French prophetisse woman who prophesies, female prophet (end of the 13th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman; French prophétesse ) and its etymon post-classical Latin prophetissa female prophet (Vetus Latina, Vulgate) < classical Latin prophēta prophet n. + post-classical Latin -issa -ess suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan prophetissa (mid 14th cent.; Occitan profetessa), Spanish profetisa (c1200 as †prophetissa), Portuguese profetisa (14th cent. as †profetissa), Italian profetissa, †prophetissa (both second half of the 13th cent. or earlier), and also Middle Dutch prophetesse, prophetisse (Dutch profetes), Middle Low German profētisse. A woman who prophesies, a female prophet; a woman who foretells the future, or claims to do so; a sibyl. In Isaiah 8:3 (as in quot. a1425) the meaning is apparently ‘a prophet's wife’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [noun] > a prophet or seer > female prophetessc1350 Sibyl1589 vaticinatress1693 spie-woman1744 seeress1766 spaewife1773 spae-woman1828 volva1889 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer > female prophetessc1350 soothsayeress1648 society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > prophecy > [noun] > person > female prophetessc1350 Sibylc1374 c1350 Apocalypse St. John: A Version (Harl. 874) (1961) 18 (MED) Þou suffrest a womman, Iezabel, þat seiþ þat she is prophetesse, forto techen & out drawen my seruantes to leccherie. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) ii. 1802 For so my dowhter, prophetesse, fforwiþ hir litel houndes deth Betokneth. a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. viii. 3 Y neiȝede to the profetesse [a1382 a prophetesse]; and sche conseyuede, and childide a sone. c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) 4412 Dame Proserpyne, a prophetese of ȝoure praysid laȝes. c1500 (?a1475) Assembly of Gods (1896) 1589 (MED) The nobyll prophetyssa, Sybyll, men hyr call. 1579 W. Fulke Heskins Parl. Repealed in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 29 The prophetesses of the olde lawe. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. xx. 64 When she had vttered many things in this Propheticke fury,..she resembled a true possest Prophetesse. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan iii. xl. 256 Hulda the Prophetesse had the Supreme authority in matter of Religion. 1705 J. Beaumont Hist. Treat. Spirits 284 Consulting the old Fate-telling Cumœan Sibyl, call'd the Prophetess of Hell. 1763 J. Brown Diss. Poetry & Music x. 180 Miriam, a distinguished Prophetess. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna ix. xx. 203 Cythna shall be the prophetess of love. a1855 C. Brontë Professor (1857) I. xv. 252 The king was met by a Highland woman, calling herself a prophetess; she..cried.., ‘My lord the king, if you pass this water you will never return again alive!’ 1882 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. III. 936/1 The frenzied utterances of the Montanistic prophetesses. 1915 V. Woolf Voy. Out xxi. 353 ‘What can I tell you?’ Helen reflected, speaking more to herself..than as a prophetess delivering a message. 1942 Lima (Ohio) News 10 Nov. 12/8 Norns..were said to appear as prophetesses at the birth of children. 1990 L. Picknett Encycl. Paranormal 65/1 The fifteenth-century Yorkshire prophetess Mother Shipton..allegedly put it [sc. the end of the world] in 1991. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1350
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