[ noun ] French astrologer who wrote cryptic predictions whose interpretations are still being debated (1503-1566) <noun.person>
Some stocked up on emergency supplies and Nostradamus books and videotapes, while others left town, including an estimated 1,000 or more Cambodian refugees who were frightened by a strong real quake that rocked Los Angeles last October.
Oh Nostradamus, where art thou now? One of the City's better-known Jeremiahs, Stephen Lewis, was trying his best to look cheerful yesterday.