oracular

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or being an oracle.
  2. adjective Resembling or characteristic of an oracle:
  3. adjective Solemnly prophetic.
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  • The Greek oracles concealed their inadequacies by sounding oracular--the one at Delphi gained notoriety for clouding her prophecies in allergory and hint so that whatever happened, she could claim a hit. —  Omni: January 1993
  • Now and then we had formal conversazioni , and at these I soon took a prominent part, though the inquiring spirit strongly predominated over the oracular, which is likely to monopolize such assemblies. —  The Autobiography of a Journalist, Volume I
  • So when you say that I cannot consider Dawkins's quotes oracular, are you referring only to the video interview, or do you include his summary in "The Blind Watchmaker" as well? —  California Literary Review
  • It makes him hard to follow, oracular, and enigmatical. —  Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson
  • This was oracular, and he had no opportunity to press for an interpretation; but it was clearly intended as of good omen. —  The Lady Paramount
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  1. From Latin ōrāculum, oracle, from ōrāre, to speak.

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  1. from Middle Latin oracularis, from Latin oraculum, oracle: see oracle.
 

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