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seeress

[ seer-is ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

See -ess.

Origin of seeress¹

First recorded in 1835–45; seer ¹ + -ess

She refrained from adding that she did not intend to make use of the seeress's gift for her own benefit.

Not one woman said to herself that she had been tricked into giving the seeress a "lead."

The mysterious current had been severed by the diversion, and had slowly to be rewoven by the seeress's will.

It was forbidden to speak to the seeress in the midst of a vision, but Constance forgot in the strain of her excitement.

Mrs. Crane's face, as she gazed upward, her eyes filled with tears, was like that of a seeress or prophetess.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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