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Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic زُهَرِيّ (zuhariyy, “geomancer”), from Arabic الزُهَرَة (az-zuhara, “Venus”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θaoˈɾi/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /saoˈɾi/
- Rhymes: -i
- Syllabification: za‧ho‧rí
Noun
zahorí m or f by sense (plural zahorís or zahoríes)
- soothsayer; sagacious person
a. 1877, Fernán Caballero, “Juan Cigarrón”, in Cuentos, adivinanzas y refranes populares, published 1921:Había un hombre, que se llamaba Juan Cigarrón, que discurrió ganar dinero haciéndose pasar por zahorí. Hizo su papel a la perfección; se dio tal importancia, gastó tanta fantasía, que alucinó a todo el mundo; porque habéis de saber, niños míos, que los hombres tienen una desgraciada propensión a creer lo que no deben creer.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- dowser
- Synonym: rabdomante
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