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[ sooth-sey-ing ] / ˈsuθˌseɪ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR soothsaying ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe practice or art of foretelling events. a prediction or prophecy. Origin of soothsayingFirst recorded in 1525–35; sooth + saying Words nearby soothsayingsoothe, soothfast, soothing, soothsay, soothsayer, soothsaying, sooty, sooty blotch, sooty grouse, sooty mold, sooty mould Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for soothsayingThis clearly indicates the use of these Tonalamatls in soothsaying. Commentary on the Maya Manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden|Ernst Frsteman His house was really a place of illicit meeting, and the soothsaying was often but an excuse for going there. When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major The Babylonians pretended to great skill in astrology, soothsaying, and magic. The Mysteries of All Nations|James Grant But even at those times ambitious thoughts did not desert him; so he turned the hunting into a kind of predicting or soothsaying. The Pharaoh and the Priest|Alexander Glovatski
They, when they are full of the spirit of soothsaying, having eaten of the wan honey, delight to speak forth the truth. The Homeric Hymns|Andrew Lang
Words related to soothsayingapocalypse, prognosis, revelation, augury, forecast, cast, prognostication, vision, oracle, vaticination, presage, divination, prevision, foretelling, second sight |