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(Latin: fari-, "to say, to talk"; telling, speak, say, spoken about; acknowledge)
(Greek: used as a suffix; divination, prophecy, fortune telling; to interpret signs so “practical” decisions can be made [related to -mania])
(fortune telling or paying more attention to the future than the present)
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fortune telling (lexicomedy)
Seance fiction.
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Dictionary with a Touch of Humor
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fortu-, fortun-
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fortune-telling, fortune telling (s) (noun); fortune-telling, fortune tellings
The practice of predicting the time ahead for those who are seeking a better life: Fortune-telling can consist of a person looking into a crystal ball, palm reading, and other methods with the intention of giving people a hope that something good will happen to them.
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fortu-, fortun-
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