Meaning of oracular in English
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Classifying Adjective
oracularDefinitions
1. obscurely propheticExamples
- « Delphic pronouncements »
- « an oracular message »
Synonyms
- 2. resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
Examples
- « the oracular sayings of Victorian poets »
- « so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it »
- « an enigmatic smile »
Synonyms
Qualitative Adjective
oracularEtymology
mid 17th century: from Latin oraculum (see oracle) + -arDefinitions
1. of or relating to an oracleExamples
- « able by oracular means to expose a witch »