soothsaying — soothsayer ► NOUN ▪ a person supposed to be able to foresee the future. DERIVATIVES soothsaying noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «person who speaks the truth»: see SOOTH(Cf. ↑sooth) … English terms dictionary
soothsaying — noun Date: 15th century 1. the act of foretelling events 2. prediction, prophecy • soothsay intransitive verb … New Collegiate Dictionary
soothsaying — /soohth say ing/, n. 1. the practice or art of foretelling events. 2. a prediction or prophecy. [1525 35; SOOTH + SAYING] * * * … Universalium
soothsaying — noun A method of foretelling the future. See Also: soothsayer, fortune telling … Wiktionary
soothsaying — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Something that is foretold by or as if by supernatural means: divination, oracle, prophecy, vaticination, vision. See FORESIGHT … English dictionary for students
soothsaying — n. foretelling of the future, prediction; prophecyv. predict future events, foretell the future … English contemporary dictionary
soothsaying — sooth·say·ing … English syllables
soothsaying — Прорицание … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
soothsaying — sooth•say•ing [[t]ˈsuθˌseɪ ɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) the practice or art of foretelling events 2) a prophecy or prediction • Etymology: 1525–35 … From formal English to slang
soothsaying — /ˈsuθseɪ ɪŋ/ (say soohthsay ing) noun 1. the practice or art of foretelling events. 2. a prediction or prophecy …