scryer means one who divines, sees or predicts the future by means of a scrying tool; especially a crystal ball. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Why “scryer” is a great word
One who divines or predicts the future by gazing into a reflective or translucent object, especially a crystal ball. From scry (to see or predict by gazing into a reflective surface, itself a shortening of descry, from Old French descrier 'to proclaim, decry') + -er (agent noun suffix). First attested in 1549. Unlike a "seer" (who possesses innate, unmediated prophetic vision) or an "augur" (who interprets specific natural omens), a scryer's art is defined by the tool and the act of vacant, focused gazing. It is the hunched figure in a dim room, eyes lost in the smoky depths of a sphere; the candle flame trembling on the surface of a dark mirror; the world's chaos stilled into a pool of ink, awaiting a shape—the future glimpsed not in stars, but in the mundane made mysterious.
Etymology
From scry + -er.
noun
- One who divines, sees or predicts the future by means of a scrying tool; especially a crystal ball.“Kelly knew Dee was dependant upon him as his "skryer"[.]”