Crossword clues for soothsay
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Soothsay \Sooth"say`\, v. i. [Sooth + say; properly to say
truth, tell the truth.]
To foretell; to predict. ``You can not soothsay.''
--Shak.
``Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell.''
--Milton.
Soothsay \Sooth"say`\, n.
A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [Obs.]
--Spenser.-
Omen; portent. Having
God turn the same to good soothsay.
--Spenser.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, back-formation from soothsayer. As a noun from 1540s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 soothsaying; prediction; prognostication; prophecy. 2 A portent; an omen. vb. (context intransitive English) To foretell the future; make predictions.
Usage examples of "soothsay".
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For he so worded the oracle 154 that whether Pyrrhus was conquered by the Romans, or the Romans by Pyrrhus, the soothsaying god would securely await the issue.