Oracle
Oracle
#513. Oracle. -- N. oracle; prophet, prophesier, seer, soothsayer,
augur, fortune teller, crystal gazer[obs], witch, geomancer[obs],
aruspex[obs]; aruspice[obs], haruspice[obs]; haruspex; astrologer, star
gazer[obs]; Sibyl; Python, Pythoness[obs]; Pythia; Pythian oracle,
Delphian oracle; Monitor, Sphinx, Tiresias, Cassandra[obs], Sibylline
leaves; Zadkiel, Old Moore; sorcerer &c. 994; interpreter &c. 524.
- [person who predicts by non-mystical (natural) means] 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" [Bob Dylan].