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Synonyms for horoscope

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hawr-uh-skohp, hor‐
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɔr əˌskoʊp, ˈhɒr‐

Définition of horoscope

Origin :
  • c.1050, horoscopus, from Latin horoscopus; the modern form is considered to be a mid-16c. reborrowing via Middle French horoscope. Ultimately from Greek horoskopos "nativity, horoscope," also "one who casts a horoscope," from hora "hour" (see year) + skopos "watching" (see scope (n.1)), in reference to the hour of one's birth.
  • noun astrological forecast
Example sentences :
  • Unmistakably then it was fate that had cast the horoscope of his and Allis's life together.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • That's my horoscope, and after that the solar system may be ripe for picking.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • Standing by me she asked if I had thought about her horoscope.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • I obtained this favour, and I then gave Madame Morin the horoscope.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • He thinks, I may not live to behold much of this, but would like to see a cast of his horoscope.
  • Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
  • My horoscope was taken at Foligno with the utmost exactitude.
  • Extract from : « Little Novels of Italy » by Maurice Henry Hewlett
  • Camden himself chose a mark as a signature based on his horoscope.
  • Extract from : « Shakespeare's Family » by Mrs. C. C. Stopes
  • What cloud is crossing the rose-coloured field of his horoscope?
  • Extract from : « The Scalp Hunters » by Mayne Reid
  • His horoscope showed that he was born under the sign of Capricorn.
  • Extract from : « Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine » by James Sands Elliott
  • No time now for alchemy; but for the horoscope, it is the veriest season.
  • Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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