Meanings
comparative more prognosticatory · superlative most prognosticatory
- That prognosticates or makes predictions about the future; predictive.First known use 17th c.
Most of the almanac-makers had gone over to Copernicanism by this time, but it made no difference to their prognosticatory activities.
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 339Synonyms: prognosticant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveThat prognosticates or makes predictions about the future; predictive.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵneh₃tis
- Ancient Greekγνῶσις (gnôsis)
- Ancient Greekγνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós)
- Ancient Greekπρο- (pro-)
- Ancient Greekγνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs)
- Ancient Greekπρογνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)
- Medieval Latinprognosticus
- Medieval Latinprognosticare
- Englishprognosticate
- Englishprognosticatory
From prognosticate + -ory.
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