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Added 1 October 2026

diviner

/dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/ noun

Latin root: dīvīnātor Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about diviner at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One who foretells the future.
One who divines or conjectures.
One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

adjective

comparative form of divine: more divine

Origin

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.

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