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.