soothsayer 音标拼音: [s
, uθs'eɚ]
n . 预言者,占卜者,算命者
预言者,占卜者,算命者
soothsayer n 1 :
someone who makes predictions of the future (
usually on the basis of special knowledge ) [
synonym : {
forecaster },
{
predictor }, {
prognosticator }, {
soothsayer }]
Soothsayer \
Sooth "
say `
er \,
n .
1 .
One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying ;
a prognosticator .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
A mantis .
[
1913 Webster ]
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "
soothsayer ":
Cassandra ,
Druid ,
astrologer ,
augur ,
calamity howler ,
crystal gazer ,
divinator ,
diviner ,
divineress ,
forecaster ,
foreknower ,
foreseer ,
foreshower ,
foreteller ,
fortuneteller ,
geomancer ,
haruspex ,
palmist ,
predictor ,
prefigurer ,
presager ,
prognosticator ,
prophesier ,
prophet ,
prophet of doom ,
prophetess ,
psychic ,
pythoness ,
religious prophets ,
seer ,
seeress ,
vates ,
weather prophet Soothsayer one who pretends to prognosticate future events .
Baalam is so called (
Josh .
13 :
22 ;
Heb .
kosem ,
a "
diviner ,"
as rendered 1 Sam .
6 :
2 ;
rendered "
prudent ,"
Isa .
3 :
2 ).
In Isa .
2 :
6 and Micah 5 :
12 (
Heb .
yonenim ,
i .
e ., "
diviners of the clouds ")
the word is used of the Chaldean diviners who studied the clouds .
In Dan .
2 :
27 ;
5 :
7 the word is the rendering of the Chaldee gazrin ,
i .
e .,
"
deciders "
or "
determiners ",
here applied to Chaldean astrologers , "
who ,
by casting nativities from the place of the stars at one '
s birth ,
and by various arts of computing and divining ,
foretold the fortunes and destinies of individuals .",
Gesenius ,
Lex .
Heb . (
See {
SORCERER }.)
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