seeress

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A female seer, soothsayer or diviner
    — 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.

词形变化

seeresses plural

词源

Etymology tree
English seer
Late Latin -issader.
Old French -essebor.
Middle English -esse
English -ess
English seeress
From seer + -ess.
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