Associations to the word «Soothsaying»

Wiktionary

SOOTHSAYING, noun. A method of foretelling the future.

Dictionary definition

SOOTHSAYING, noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats