diviner

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
  2. adjective emanating from God; ; ; -Saturday Review
  3. adjective resulting from divine providence

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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