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oracular(dictionary)

oracular (iou)



oracular adjective. M17.
[from Latin oraculum (see ORACLE noun) + -AR1.]
Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of an oracle. M17.
C. C. Felton Delphione of the richest oracular sites in the world. Ld Macaulay Whatever he said..was considered oracular by his disciples.
b. spec. Ambiguous or mysterious, like an ancient oracle. M18.
Of a person: that delivers oracular responses; transf. that speaks or writes like an oracle. E19.
Delivered, uttered, or decreed by an oracle. E19.
J. A. Symonds When Oedipus slays his father, he does so in contempt of oracular warnings.
oracu'larity noun the quality or character of being oracular E19.
oracularly adverb in an oracular manner; solemnly, authoritatively; obscurely, ambiguously: L18.
oracularness noun oracularity E18.