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Synonyms for haruspex
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : huh-ruhs-peks, har-uh-speks |
| Phonetic Transcription : həˈrʌs pɛks, ˈhær əˌspɛks |
Top 10 synonyms for haruspex Other synonyms for the word haruspex
- augur
- channeller
- clairvoyant
- diviner
- evocator
- foreteller
- fortune-teller
- haruspex
- horoscopist
- medium
- mental telepathist
- mentalist
- oracle
- ovate
- palm reader
- palmist
- predictor
- prophesier
- prophet
- prophetess
- psychic
- reader
- seer
- seeress
- sibyl
- soothsayer
- sorcerer
- tea-leaf reader
- telepath
- telepathis
- telepathist
- thought reader
- vaticinator
- visionary
- voodoo doctor
- wizard
Définition of haruspex
Origin :- 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.
- As in mind reader : noun person who senses others' thoughts
- As in prophet : noun person, thing that predicts future
- As in clairvoyant : noun person who is psychic
- As in prophesier : noun prophet
- As in sibyl : noun prophet
- As in vaticinator : noun prophet
- "He is indispensable to us at this time," said the haruspex.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- During this speech the haruspex had frequently shrugged his shoulders.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- "So long as you are our leader, certainly," cried the haruspex.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- The haruspex ordered that the "ill-used man" should be set at liberty.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- Manlius assisted in bringing the animals selected for victims to the haruspex.
- Extract from : « A Christian But a Roman » by Mr Jkai
- The haruspex submitted, though deeply vexed, and asked whether the guilty boys were also to go unpunished.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- No Etruscan haruspex or Roman augur could wish for clearer omens: it reads like a page of Livy.
- Extract from : « A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume III » by Henry Charles Lea
- Cato, the Censor, is on record as saying "that he wondered how one haruspex could look another in the face without laughing!"
- Extract from : « Wind and Weather » by Alexander McAdie
- Thereupon, Roman haruspex looked into the eyes of Roman haruspex, and they both laughed.
- Extract from : « The House of Mystery » by William Henry Irwin
- "Hatred speaks in thee," said the haruspex, interrupting the indignant old man.
- Extract from : « Uarda, Complete » by Georg Ebers
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