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oracular

ora·cu·lar

UK/ɒɹˈæk.juː.lə/ US/ɔːˈɹæk.juː.lə/ uncommon

adjective

1.

of or relating to an oracle

  • “able by oracular means to expose a witch”
2.

obscurely prophetic

  • “Delphic pronouncements”
  • “an oracular message”
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3.

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”
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Origin

From Middle French oraculaire.

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