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Printable Version Pronunciation: suth-say-êr Hear it!  Part of
Speech: Noun  Meaning: Prophet, fortune-teller, someone who
predicts future events.  Notes: A soothsayer, as might be
expected, is someone who soothsays; that's right, there is a
verb underlying today's Good Noun. That which is soothsaid is a
soothsaying, a prediction of the future. The noun soothsaw, not
much used since 1530 but derived from soothsay, means (meant) "a
truth", not a prediction of the future. This use of saw as a
noun for say, is still alive in the phrase "an old saw", meaning
an old saying. As we will see in the history, sooth is a synonym
of truth, and the TH at the end of either word is pronounced
identically.  In Play: Today's is a lighthearted word good for
making fun of anyone who tries to predict the future: "The Wall
Street soothsayers are pulling their hair out in this volatile
market" (which explains