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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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