fortunetelling
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fortunetelling
Example Sentences
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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
And — spoiler alert — that means she’s running her own fortunetelling business again.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2023
She’d grabbed Nora by the arm and dragged her to the fortunetelling booth, pushing her through the tapestry curtains into an enclosed space that reeked of incense.
From Slate • Aug. 28, 2021
You may not be Snow White’s evil stepmother demanding to know who is more beautiful, but you are engaging in a sort of fortunetelling and imaginative scrying.
From New York Times • Mar. 23, 2021
He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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