SOOTHSAYER
Sooth"say`er, n.

1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A mantis.

SOOTHSAYING
Sooth"say`ing, n.

1. A true saying; truth. [Obs.]

2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts xvi. 16.

3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5.

SOOTINESS
Soot"i*ness, n.

Defn: The quality or state of being sooty; fuliginousness. Johnson.