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ORACULAR
enigmatic, oracular
(adjective) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; “the oracular sayings of Victorian poets”; “so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it”; “an enigmatic smile”
Delphic, oracular
(adjective) obscurely prophetic; “Delphic pronouncements”; “an oracular message”
oracular
(adjective) of or relating to an oracle; “able by oracular means to expose a witch”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
oracular
Of or relating to an oracle.
Prophetic, foretelling the future.
Wise, authoritative.
Ambiguous, hard to interpret.
Source: Wiktionary
O*rac"u*lar, a. Etym: [L. oracularius. See Oracle.]
1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism. They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression. Pope.
– O*rac"u*lar*ly, adv.
– O*rac"u*lar*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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