Nostradamus

[ nos-truh-dey-muh s, -dah-, noh-struh- ]

/ ˌnɒs trəˈdeɪ məs, -ˈdɑ-, ˈnoʊ strə- /

Michel de Nostredame,1503–66, French astrologer.

OTHER WORDS FROM Nostradamus

Nos·tra·dam·ic

[nos-truh-dam-ik, noh-struh-] /ˌnɒs trəˈdæm ɪk, ˌnoʊ strə-/, adjective

It is on record that Catherine got a horoscope of the lives of her sons from Nostradamus and showed him great deference.

Rambles on the Riviera |Francis Miltoun
The explanation of Guinaud is, perhaps, more striking than the lines of Nostradamus.

A World of Wonders |Various
Most people believed that he had seen the spirit of Marie-Thérèse; but some said it was Nostradamus.

The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2) |Anatole France
The prophecy of Nostradamus is also obviously imitated from the response of the Delphic Pythoness to Œdipus.

The Works Of John Dryden, Vol. 7 (of 18) |John Dryden

But Tassoni, who understood the Provençal poets better than Nostradamus, defends him successfully from this absurd accusation.

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch |Petrarch

Nostradamus

/ (ˌnɒstrəˈdɑːməs) /

Latinized name of Michel de Notredame. 1503–66, French physician and astrologer; author of a book of prophecies in rhymed quatrains, Centuries (1555)