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haruspex
noun as in clairvoyant
noun as in mind reader
noun as in prophesier
noun as in prophet
noun as in sibyl
Example Sentences
Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"
"Hatred speaks in thee," said the haruspex, interrupting the indignant old man.
Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.
The haruspex submitted, though deeply vexed, and asked whether the guilty boys were also to go unpunished.
No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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