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ˈfortune-ˌtelling, vbl. n.
[Cf. prec.]
The practice of ‘telling fortunes’.
1577J. Northbrooke Dicing (1843) 56 Forbidding..euill and vnprofitable arts..or fortune tellings. 1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. ii. 184 We are simple men; wee doe not know what's brought to passe vnder the profession of Fortune-telling. 1655Walton Angler v. (ed. 2) 161 The Gypsies were then to divide all the money..got..by Fortune telling. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. vi. §21 They are..addicted to..astrology, fortune-telling, and presages of all kinds.
So ˈfortune-telling ppl. a. Also (nonce-wd.) ˈfortune-tell v., a back-formation from prec.
1598Shakes. Merry W. iv. ii. 196 Out of my doore, you Witch!.. Ile coniure you, Ile fortune-tell you. a1659Cleveland Fuscara 26 Wks. (1687) 2 He tipples Palmestry, and dines On all her Fortune-telling Lines. 1681S. Colvil Whigs Supplic. (1751) 49 He finds both comets and eclipses, But pretty fortune telling gipsies. 1795–1814Wordsw. Excursion vii. 88 Belong they to the fortune-telling Tribe? |