FATIDICAL

Etymology

Adjective

fatidical (comparative more fatidical, superlative most fatidical)

Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.

Source: Wiktionary


Fa*tid"i*cal, a. Etym: [L. fatidicus; fatum fate + dicere to say, tell.]

Definition: Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent; as, the fatidical oak. [R.] Howell.

– Fa*tid"i*cal*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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