Oracular — O*rac u*lar, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue. [1913 Webster] 2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oracular — I adjective cryptic, divinatory, enigmatic, fatidic, fatidical, foreknowing, foretelling, knowing, mysterious, mystical, obscure, ominous, portentous, precursive, precursory, predicting, predictive, presaging, prognostic, prophetic, sage, sapient … Law dictionary
oracular — (adj.) 1670s, from L. oraculum (see ORACLE (Cf. oracle)) + AR (Cf. ar) … Etymology dictionary
oracular — adj. 2 g. 1. Relativo a oráculo. • v. intr. 2. [Pouco usado] Falar como oráculo … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
oracular — doctrinaire, dogmatic, *dictatorial, authoritarian, magisterial Analogous words: positive, certain, *sure, cocksure … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oracular — [adj] prophetic ambiguous, anticipating, apocalyptic, arcane, auguring, auspicious, authoritative, cabalistic, clairvoyant, cryptic, Delphian, discovering, divining, divulging, dogmatic, fatidic, foreboding, forecasting, foretelling, imperious,… … New thesaurus
oracular — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to an oracle. 2) hard to interpret. 3) holding or claiming the authority of an oracle … English terms dictionary
oracular — [ō rak′yo͞o lər, ôrak′yo͞o lər; ō rak′yələr, ô rak′yələr] adj. 1. of, or having the nature of, an oracle 2. like an oracle; wise, prophetic, mysterious, etc. 3. obscure; enigmatic oracularity [ō rak′yo͞o lar′ə tē, ō rak′yo͞olar′ə tē] n.… … English World dictionary
oracular — adjective /ɒɹˈæk.juː.lə,ɔːˈɹæk.juː.lə,ɔˈɹæk.ju.lɚ,ɔˈɹæk.jə.lɚ/ a) 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 … Wiktionary
oracular — adjective 1) his every utterance was given oracular significance Syn: prophetic, prophetical, sibylline, predictive, prescient, prognostic, divinatory, augural 2) oracular responses Syn: enigmatic, cryptic, abstruse … Thesaurus of popular words
