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spaewife

spaewife noun: female fortuneteller.

Noun

spaewife (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

Forms of spaewife

pluralspaewives

Origin of spaewife

Borrowed from Scots spaewife.

Questions about spaewife

What does spaewife mean?
Spaewife means female fortuneteller.
What part of speech is spaewife?
Spaewife is a noun.
What is the plural of spaewife?
The plural of spaewife is spaewives.

Words near spaewife in the dictionary

  1. spaes
  2. Spaeth
  3. Spaeths
  4. spaetzle
  5. spaetzles
  6. spaewife
  7. spaewives
  8. spaewoman
  9. spaewomen
  10. spaff
  11. spaffed

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