oracular
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oracular
- /ɒɹˈæk.juː.lə/ UK
- /ɔːˈɹæk.juː.lə/ UK
- /ɔˈɹæk.ju.lɚ/ US
- /ɔˈɹæk.jə.lɚ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle French oraculaire.
adjective
- Of or relating to an oracle. In some of the Hebrides they attributed the same oracular power to a large black stone by the sea-shore, which they approached with certain solemnities, and considered the first fancy which came into their own minds, after they did so, to be the undoubted dictate of the tutelar deity of the stone, a
- Prophetic, foretelling the future. And that slaughter to the Nation / Shall steam up like inspiration, / Eloquent, oracular; / A volcano heard afar.
- Wise, authoritative. My Lord Chatham, whose wisdom his party in those days used to call superhuman, raised his oracular voice in the House of Peers against the American contest;
- Ambiguous, hard to interpret. Nothing offended me but that lisping Miss Haughton, whose every speech is inarticulately oracular.
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adj of or relating to an oracle
| Español | oracular |
|---|---|
| Português | oracular |
| Français | oraculaire |
| Deutsch | orakelhaft, orakelmäßig |
| Ελληνικά | μαντικός mantikós |
adj prophetic, foretelling the future
| Português | oracular |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | orakelhaft, orakelmäßig |
| Ελληνικά | προφητικός profitikós |
| Русский | пророческий proročeskij, ве́щий véščij |
adj ambiguous, hard to interpret
| Ελληνικά | αμφίσημος amfísimos, αινιγματικός ainigmatikós |
|---|---|
| Русский | зага́дочный zagádočnyj, двусмы́сленный dvusmýslennyj |
Talk about this word "oracular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oracular. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oracular. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oracular "oracular." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oracular.
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@misc{oracular_2026,
title = {oracular},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oracular},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
