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fortunetelling

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for⋅tune⋅tell⋅ing

[fawr-chuhn-tel-ing]
–noun
1. the act or practice of predicting the future.
–adjective
2. engaged in or used for fortunetelling.
Also, fortune-telling.


Origin:
1550–60; fortune + tell + -ing 1
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for·tune·tell·er   (fôr'chən-těl'ər)   
n.  One who professes to predict future events.
for'tune·tell'ing adj. & n.
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