noun
Meaning 1
A method of foretelling the future.
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Standard Lemma guide
soothsaying
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verb
Meaning 2
present participle and gerund of soothsay
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 3
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: divination, foretelling, fortune telling
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
Narrower terms: arithmancy, dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy, geomancy, hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, oneiromancy, onomancy, palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology, pyromancy
History
Etymology
From sooth (“truth”) + saying.
From soothsay + -ing.