fatidic

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09/09/09 was considered by some (who were obviously wrong) a fatidic day that would bring about the end of the world.

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  1. adjective Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.

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  • 09/09/09 was considered by some (who were obviously wrong) a fatidic day that would bring about the end of the world. —  Softpedia News - Global
 

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  1. Latin fātidicus : fātum, prophecy, doom; see fate + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French fatidique = Spanish fatídico = Portuguese Italian fatidico, from Latin fatidicus, prophesying, prophetic, from fatum, fate, + dicere, say, tell: see fate and diction.
 

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