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Dictionary: o·rac·u·lar   (ô-răk'yə-lər, ō-răk'-) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or being an oracle.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of an oracle:
    1. Solemnly prophetic.
    2. Enigmatic; obscure.

[From Latin ōrāculum, oracle, from ōrāre, to speak.]

oracularity o·rac'u·lar'i·ty (-lăr'ĭ-tē) n.
oracularly o·rac'u·lar·ly adv.

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adjective

    Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means: augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, mantic, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary. See foresight.

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The adjective has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to an oracle
  Pertains to noun: oracle (meaning #2)

Meaning #2: obscurely prophetic
  Synonym: Delphic

Meaning #3: resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
  Synonym: enigmatic


 
 
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