1. Written also haruspice. [Latin aruspex, or haruspex, a soothsayer, or diviner, who attempted to foretell events by consulting the entrails of beasts slain in sacrifice.]
Word of the Day: Catachrestical
A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Oracle Roget’s Thesaurus §513
N. oracle, prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer, augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer, witch, geomancer, aruspex, aruspice, haruspice, haruspex, astrologer, star gazer, sibyl, python, pythoness, pythia, pythian oracle, delphian oracle, monitor, sphinx, tiresias, cassandra, sibylline leaves, zadkiel, old moore, sorcerer, interpreter, predictor, prognosticator, forecaster, weather forecaster, weatherman
Phr. a prophet is without honor in his own country, "you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
No Bible verses found for "aruspice".
