seeress
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A female seer, soothsayer or diviner
Example Sentences
- "Following the old pagan form she sits a moment upon him in token of surrender, like the Delphian seeress on Apollo’s tripod. After receiving the breath of his spirit, the sacrament of his love, she purifies herself with like formal solemnity. Thenceforth she is a living altar."
- "As the seeress stood irresolute the tall young secretary half rose and whispered something in her ear."
- "From the numinous fire of fehu Frigg and Freyja receive their gifts as seeresses."
Etymology
Etymology tree English seer Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English seeress From seer + -ess.