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soothsayer

English

Alternative forms

  • southsayer

Etymology

From Middle English sothsaier, zothziggere, equivalent to sooth +? sayer.

Noun

soothsayer (plural soothsayers)

  1. one who predicts the future, using magic, intuition or intelligence; a diviner
  2. a mantis or rearhorse
  3. (obsolete) one who tells the truth; a truthful person

Related terms

  • soothsay

Translations

See also

  • prognosticator
  • seer
  • prophet

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doomsayer

English

Etymology

doom +? sayer

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?du?m?se?.?/
  • (US) IPA(key): /?dum?se?.?/

Noun

doomsayer (plural doomsayers)

  1. One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
    • 1983, John R. Gribbin, Stephen H. Plagemann, Beyond the Jupiter effect, page 76:
      4: THE DOOMSAYERS
      So many people have written so many books and articles forecasting doom at the end of the twentieth century that we cannot possibly do credit to all of them here.

Synonyms

  • apocalyptic, apocalypticist
  • doomtard (slang, derogatory)

Related terms

  • doomsaying

Translations

See also

  • pessimist
  • millenarian, millenarianist, millenarist, millenialist
  • soothsayer

Anagrams

  • mooseyard

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