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Meaning of 'oracular' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Oracular [ a.]
- Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
- Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.

Meaning of 'oracular' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . oracular [ a]
Meaning (1):
- of or relating to an oracle
Example in sentence:
  • able by oracular means to expose a witch
2 . oracular [ s]
Meaning (2):
- resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
Example in sentence:
  • an enigmatic smile;
  • so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it;
  • the oracular sayings of Victorian poets
Meaning (3):
- obscurely prophetic
Example in sentence:
  • an oracular message;
  • Delphic pronouncements

Nearby Words:

ora orabassu orach orache oracle oracled oracling oraculous oragious oraison

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