seeressn.
/ˈsɪərᵻs/, /ˈsiːərᵻs/, /sɪəˈrɛs/, /siːəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈsɪ(ə)rəs/ A female prophet or clairvoyant; a female seer.
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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
1766 R. Andrews tr. Virgil Aeneid iii. in Wks. 208 You'll find the raving Seeress [L. vatem] 'neath her rocks.
1845 C. Crowe tr. A. J. C. Kerner Seeress of Prevorst 330 Last days and death of the Seeress.
1897 T. Watts-Dunton Aylwin i. vi Fenella Stanley seems in her later life to have set up as a positive seeress.
1949 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 June 361/4 Eager seeresses in tartan dresses and huge cairngorm brooches.
2010 Independent (Nexis) 19 June (Comment section) 45 According to legend, the Trojan seeress Cassandra spent a night in Apollo's temple as a child.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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