SOOTHSAY, SOOTHSAYER, SOOTHSAYING
ADJECTIVES
1656 — FATILOQUENT declaring fate, prophetic, soothsaying
NOUNS
1623 — FATILOQUY soothsaying, declaring fate → obs.
1656 — HARIOLATION a foretelling or soothsaying → obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
1393 — PYTHONESS a woman believed to be possessed by a spirit and to be able to foresee the future; a female soothsayer; a witch
1475 — PYTHONER a conjuror, a sorcerer; a soothsayer → obs.
1475 — RUSPICER a diviner, a soothsayer → obs.
1584 — HARUSPEX a soothsayer who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
1584 — PYTHONIST a person who claims to be possessed by, and to speak the words of a spirit; a soothsayer; a fortune-teller; a conjuror
1828 — HARUSPICE a soothsayer who performed divination by inspection of the entrails of victims
1891 — WITTER-WIFE a female soothsayer or fortune-teller → Sc.
VERBS
1050 — HALSE to augur; to divine; to soothsay → obs.
1592 — HARIOLIZE to soothsay → obs.
1656 — HARIOLATE to soothsay; also, to practice ventriloquism → obs.