One who claims or pretends to the power of foretelling future events; a predictor, prognosticator.
| 单词 | θ128981 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer (11) soothsayer1381 One who claims or pretends to the power of foretelling future events; a predictor, prognosticator. Chaldee1382 A native of Chaldea. ariole1398 A soothsayer, diviner. ariolerc1475 = ariole, n. bruterer1530 ‘A prophesier, a soothsayer’ (Tyndale Table of words). Chaldean1581 A native of Chaldea, esp. (as at Babylon) one skilled in occult learning, astrology, etc.; hence gen. a seer, soothsayer, astrologer. (So Greek Χαλ… weird1625 One pretending or supposed to have the power to foresee and to control future events; a witch or wizard, a soothsayer. ariolater1652 A diviner or soothsayer. ariolist1652 = ariole, n. Subcategories:— female (2) |
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