SOOTHSAYING

divination, foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

(noun) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

soothsaying (plural soothsayings)

A method of foretelling the future.

Source: Wiktionary

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Sooth"say`ing, n.

1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]

2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts xvi. 16.

3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5.

SOOTHSAY

Sooth"say`, v. i. Etym: [Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth.]

Definition: To foretell; to predict. "You can not soothsay." Shak. "Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell." Milton.

Sooth"say`, n.

1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. Omen; portent. Having God turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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