different between augury vs soothsaying
augury
English
Etymology
augur +? -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.?j?.?i/
Noun
augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)
- A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
- 1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe
- In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
- 1859, George Meredith, The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Chapter 15:
- No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
- 1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe
- An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:augury.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:omen
Hyponyms
Related terms
- augur
Translations
augury From the web:
- what augury appeared to remus and romulus
- augury meaning
- augury what does that mean
- what is augury in the bible
soothsaying
English
Etymology
From sooth +? saying: truth telling.
Noun
soothsaying (plural soothsayings)
- A method of foretelling the future.
Related terms
- soothsayer
- fortune telling
soothsaying From the web:
- soothsaying meaning
- what is soothsaying in the bible
- what is soothsaying in islam
- what does soothsayer mean
- what does soothsaying mean
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