soothsayern.

Brit.

/ˈsuːθˌseɪə/, U.S.

/ˈsuθˌseɪər/

Forms: α. Middle English zoþ ziggere, sothsegger(e, Middle English soþseyere, sothseyere, sothseiere, Middle English sothseyer, Middle English–1500s sothsayer, 1500s sothesayer, soythsayer, 1500s soothsaier, 1600s– soothsayer. β. 1500s southeseyer, 1500s–1600s southsaier, 1500s–1700s southsayer.

Etymology: < sooth n. or sooth adj. + sayer n.¹

†1. One who speaks the truth; a truthful or veracious person. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person

soothsayer1340

true tonguec1400

tell-truth?1556

truthsman1832

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 256 Senekes zayþ þet þer ne lackeþ to greate lhordes bote zoþ ziggeres. Vor hi habbeþ lyeȝeres and vlatours to greate cheape and veawe zoþ ziggeres.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 164 The Sothseiere tho was lief, Which wolde noght the trouthe spare.

c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 524 Bettre is chidyng of a soþ seyere Þen deceyuyng of a losyngere.

c1400 W. Langland Richard Redeles (heading) Mum, Soth-segger!

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 In that which followes, he does not play the Soothsayer but the diabolick slanderer of prayers.

2. One who claims or pretends to the power of foretelling future events; a predictor, prognosticator.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer

soothsayer1381

Chaldee1382

ariole1398

ariolerc1475

bruterer1530

Chaldean1581

weird1625

ariolater1652

ariolist1652

α.

1381 Rolls of Parl. III. 113/ Johannes Say, Soth~seggere.

14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 595 Mastromaticus, a sothseyer.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xx. sig. Ei/2 Some sheew prophecye in the spyrite of deuil as ben thise men & wymen whiche men calle dyuynours, or sothsayers.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. viii. D Yf they saye vnto you: aske councel at the soythsayers, witches, charmers and coniurers.

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. v. sig. E3^v Sow-gelders, and Sooth-saiers. Gipsies and Iaylers.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 3 Where's the Soothsayer that you prais'd so to'th'Queene?

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 965 While their Sooth-sayers..draw the Peoples minds changable by Superstition, now this way, now that way.

1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 36 We are guided here by priests and soothsayers.

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 1015 Merops, expert in the sooth-sayer's art.

1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 50 Now were I a soothsayer, I would have boded so much to myself.

1878 J. H. Gray China II. xvii. 3 Blind soothsayers are to be met with in all parts of the empire.

β. 1503 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 4 Received of the Southeseyer for iv Tapers.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cix Jone the Puzel, whom he vsed as an oracle and a southsaier.1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Giii Some be shepheards, some southsaiers, & so of other crafts and trades.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. ii. 125 Some Southsayer, wise-man, fortune-teller, or Physition.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iv. 16 On this foundation were built the conclusions of Southsayers in their Auguriall, and Tripudiary divinations.1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 20 By this Study they obtained the Name of Southsayers and Astrologers, added to that of Magicians.

3. transferred. An insect of the family Mantidæ; a mantis (cf. quot. 1855).

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae

locust1646

mantis1646

soothsayer1855

rearhorse1859

mantid1895

mantispid1926

1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature II. 359 Another prevalent superstition regarding these creatures is, that if they be asked the way to a place they will immediately indicate the right road by holding one of their legs in that direction,—hence the name of Soothsayers, often applied to these insects.

c1884 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 13 The Mantidæ, Praying Insects, or Soothsayers.

Derivatives

ˈsoothsayeˌress n. a female soothsayer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer > female

prophetessc1350

soothsayeress1648

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Waerseggeresse, a Shee-divine, or a Soothsayeresse.

1875 Stevenson in Colvin Lett. (1901) II. 92 ‘Yes, my dear,’ replied the soothsayeress.

ˈsoothsayership n. prediction, soothsaying, or skill in this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > skill in

soothsayership1828

1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 118 He had the good fortune to foretell..the downfal of Napoleon Buonaparte—a piece of soothsayership which has established his reputation.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	soothsayer
释义	soothsayern. Brit. /ˈsuːθˌseɪə/, U.S. /ˈsuθˌseɪər/ Forms: α. Middle English zoþ ziggere, sothsegger(e, Middle English soþseyere, sothseyere, sothseiere, Middle English sothseyer, Middle English–1500s sothsayer, 1500s sothesayer, soythsayer, 1500s soothsaier, 1600s– soothsayer. β. 1500s southeseyer, 1500s–1600s southsaier, 1500s–1700s southsayer. Etymology: < sooth n. or sooth adj. + sayer n.¹ †1. One who speaks the truth; a truthful or veracious person. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [noun] > truthful person soothsayer1340 true tonguec1400 tell-truth?1556 truthsman1832 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 256 Senekes zayþ þet þer ne lackeþ to greate lhordes bote zoþ ziggeres. Vor hi habbeþ lyeȝeres and vlatours to greate cheape and veawe zoþ ziggeres. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 164 The Sothseiere tho was lief, Which wolde noght the trouthe spare. c1390 in F. J. Furnivall Minor Poems Vernon MS (1901) ii. 524 Bettre is chidyng of a soþ seyere Þen deceyuyng of a losyngere. c1400 W. Langland Richard Redeles (heading) Mum, Soth-segger! 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 In that which followes, he does not play the Soothsayer but the diabolick slanderer of prayers. 2. One who claims or pretends to the power of foretelling future events; a predictor, prognosticator. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer soothsayer1381 Chaldee1382 ariole1398 ariolerc1475 bruterer1530 Chaldean1581 weird1625 ariolater1652 ariolist1652 α. 1381 Rolls of Parl. III. 113/ Johannes Say, Soth~seggere. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 595 Mastromaticus, a sothseyer. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) xx. sig. Ei/2 Some sheew prophecye in the spyrite of deuil as ben thise men & wymen whiche men calle dyuynours, or sothsayers. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. viii. D Yf they saye vnto you: aske councel at the soythsayers, witches, charmers and coniurers. 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love ii. v. sig. E3^v Sow-gelders, and Sooth-saiers. Gipsies and Iaylers. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 3 Where's the Soothsayer that you prais'd so to'th'Queene? View more context for this quotation 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 965 While their Sooth-sayers..draw the Peoples minds changable by Superstition, now this way, now that way. 1732 T. Lediard tr. J. Terrasson Life Sethos II. vii. 36 We are guided here by priests and soothsayers. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. ii. 1015 Merops, expert in the sooth-sayer's art. 1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus ii. i. 50 Now were I a soothsayer, I would have boded so much to myself. 1878 J. H. Gray China II. xvii. 3 Blind soothsayers are to be met with in all parts of the empire. β. 1503 in J. Nichols Illustr. Antient Times Eng. (1797) 4 Received of the Southeseyer for iv Tapers.1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cix Jone the Puzel, whom he vsed as an oracle and a southsaier.1596 T. Lodge Diuel Coniured sig. Giii Some be shepheards, some southsaiers, & so of other crafts and trades.1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. iii. ii. 125 Some Southsayer, wise-man, fortune-teller, or Physition.1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. iv. 16 On this foundation were built the conclusions of Southsayers in their Auguriall, and Tripudiary divinations.1727 D. Defoe Syst. Magick i. i. 20 By this Study they obtained the Name of Southsayers and Astrologers, added to that of Magicians. 3. transferred. An insect of the family Mantidæ; a mantis (cf. quot. 1855). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > subclass Pterygota > [noun] > division Exopterygota or Hemimetabola > order Dictyoptera > suborder Mantodea > member of family Mantidae locust1646 mantis1646 soothsayer1855 rearhorse1859 mantid1895 mantispid1926 1855 W. S. Dallas in Orr's Circle Sci.: Org. Nature II. 359 Another prevalent superstition regarding these creatures is, that if they be asked the way to a place they will immediately indicate the right road by holding one of their legs in that direction,—hence the name of Soothsayers, often applied to these insects. c1884 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 13 The Mantidæ, Praying Insects, or Soothsayers. Derivatives ˈsoothsayeˌress n. a female soothsayer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > soothsayer > female prophetessc1350 soothsayeress1648 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Waerseggeresse, a Shee-divine, or a Soothsayeresse. 1875 Stevenson in Colvin Lett. (1901) II. 92 ‘Yes, my dear,’ replied the soothsayeress. ˈsoothsayership n. prediction, soothsaying, or skill in this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > soothsaying > [noun] > skill in soothsayership1828 1828 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) III. 118 He had the good fortune to foretell..the downfal of Napoleon Buonaparte—a piece of soothsayership which has established his reputation. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340
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