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Added 9 October 2026

horoscope

/ˈhɒ.ɹə.skəʊp/ noun

Latin root: horoscopus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about horoscope at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A prediction of someone's future based on the relative positions of the planets.
A diagram of the positions of the planets and signs of the zodiac at a particular time and place.

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French horoscope, from Medieval Latin horoscopus, from Ancient Greek ὡροσκόπος (hōroskópos), from ὥρα (hṓra, “any limited time”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”). By surface analysis, horo- + -scope.

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