spaewife

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noun

female fortuneteller

OriginScots spaewife →
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Meanings

nounspaewife (plural spaewives)

plural spaewives

  1. female fortuneteller

    She was easier of approach than the spaewife, who sat on a creepie and stared at the smouldering peats till her eyes were red and unseeing;

    1926, Sylvia Townsend Warner, Lolly Willowes, part 2

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
spaewoman

Origin

  1. Scotsspaewife
  2. Englishspaewife

Borrowed from Scots spaewife.

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Cite this entry
APA

spaewife. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaewife

MLA

“spaewife.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaewife. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “spaewife,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/spaewife.

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