† fortunaryn.
Obsolete. rare.
One who deals in fortunes, a fortune-teller.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > fortune-telling > [noun] > fortune-teller
spaeman?a1505
cole-prophet1532
lot-teller1575
fortune-teller1612
fortune-flinger1642
fatary1652
fatiloquist1652
fortunary1652
fortune-speller1652
tea-groutera1833
tick-off1934
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 147 And why doe our Fataries, and Fortunaries so confound them: especially in their prognostications, or predictions?
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