horrorscope

Definitions

An adverse horoscope.

humorous

Examples

“Oh dear, oh dear! all my appalling presentiments are coming as true as those awful horrors'''copes in Zadkiel’s almanac! I knew that girl would break⟳ her neck with her horse-riding. I can see⟳ her now laid out a corpse at my feet.”

“Well, John Hamilton—he’s an awfully cute Kansas boy, just a freshman at Electoral College, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he got his ’Fi Beata Capper next term—anyway, he reads horrorscopes the way Jim Farley reads palms, and he told me months ago that a dark horse would shortly come⟳ into my life . . .”

“Madame La Finkus is the astrologer who predicted Harry Truman would run⟳ as usual. His horrorscope shows a strong fever chart.”

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