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soothsayer

noun
/ˈsuθˌseɪɚ/US/ˈsuːθˌseɪə/UK

Etymology

From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, by surface analysis, sooth (“truth”) + sayer.

  1. inherited from sothsaier

Definitions

  1. One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence

    One who attempts to predict the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner.

    • It is a great pleasure to be with you today and to speak to you concerning the future of medicine. In so doing, I do not wish to pose as a soothsayer or crystal gazer.
    • The past twenty years have seen their share of soothsayers ready to predict with conviction one extreme or another of the alternative futures I have presented.
    • The doomsday prophet / Whose words have all come true / The naysaying soothsayer / So cynical and blue

  2. A mantis (Mantodea spp.)

  3. One who tells the truth

    One who tells the truth; a truthful person.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A double dart moth (Graphiphora augur).

The neighborhood

Derived

soothsay

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at soothsayer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at soothsayer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at soothsayer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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