fortunetelling
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fortunetelling
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Such activities include praying to gods and deities, fortunetelling and physiognomy, and consulting spiritual gurus or mystics, according to party commentaries and state media.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 17, 2026
A married fortunetelling couple is haunted by a demon after a suspicious customer enters their store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Kayoko Shiraishi, a veteran actress known for ghost tale monologues, performed Ugetsu’s “The Kibitsu Cauldron,” a story of an imprudent man who marries a priest’s good daughter despite a cauldron’s fortunetelling revealing a bad omen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Jackie receives a prophecy in the form of a souvenir card from a “Medicine Man” fortunetelling machine at a gas station gift shop.
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2022
He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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