fortunetelling

fortunetelling or for·tune-tell·ing [fawr-chuh n-tel-ing] Word Origin noun

1. the act or practice of predicting the future.

adjective

2. engaged in or used for fortunetelling.

Origin of fortunetelling First recorded in 1550–60; fortune + tell1 + -ing1 Related Words for fortunetelling fascination, illusion, wizardry, guess, indicator, forecast, prognosis, prophecy, necromancy, foreboding, augury, prediction, incantation, divination, astrology, trickery, thaumaturgy, witchcraft, alchemy, allurement