haruspex

SEE DEFINITION OF haruspex

as inmind reader
as inprophet
as inclairvoyant
as inprophesier
as insibyl
as invaticinator

Synonyms for haruspex

MOST RELEVANT

mind reader

noun. person who senses others' thoughts

prophet

noun. person, thing that predicts future

prophets

noun. person, thing that predicts future

Word Origin & History

1580s, from Latin haruspex (plural haruspices) "soothsayer by means of entrails," first element from PIE *ghere- "gut, entrail" (see yarn); second element from Latin spic- "beholding, inspecting" (see inspect). The practice is Etruscan. Related: Haruspical; haruspication.

Example Sentences forharuspex

"He is indispensable to us at this time," said the haruspex.

During this speech the haruspex had frequently shrugged his shoulders.

"So long as you are our leader, certainly," cried the haruspex.

The haruspex ordered that the "ill-used man" should be set at liberty.

Manlius assisted in bringing the animals selected for victims to the haruspex.

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.

Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"

Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.

"Hatred speaks in thee," said the haruspex, interrupting the indignant old man.

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More words related to haruspex

clairvoyant

mind reader

prophesier

prophet

prophets

sibyl