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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Southsaynoun

    Prediction.

    All those were idle thoughts and fantasies,
    Devices, dreams, opinions unsound,
    Shews, visions, southsays, and prophecies,
    And all that feigned is, as leasings, tales, and lies. Fa. Qu.

  2. To Southsayverb

    To predict.

    Young men, hovering between hope and fear, might easily be carried into the superstition of southsaying by names. William Camden.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Southsayverb

    see Soothsay

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Southsay

    Southsayer, sōōth′-. Same as Soothsay, &c.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of southsay in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of southsay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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