Word of the
Day for Monday 19th May
2014
Soothsay \ SOOTH-sey \,
verb;
1. To foretell events; predict.
Quotes:
Yes, the blind often have an inward seeing eye and they can see things we
cannot and their blindness is even a power to them to that other people
fear them for it. This maid might be taught to soothsay or some such thing.
-- Pearl S. Buck, The Mother , 1933
Sad that her sons did seek a foreign grave/ (For, Fate's, or Fortune's drifts
none can soothsay ,/Honour and misery have one face and way)
-- John Donne, "The Storm," 1597
Origin:
Soothsay is a back formation of the word soothsayer , which means “a
person who can foretell future events.” The term sooth meaning “truth”
has been in English since before 900.
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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