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   O·rac·u·lar

   /ôˈrakyələr/

   

   adjective

   • 1. relating to an oracle: "the oracular shrine" Similar propheticpropheticalsibyllinepredictiveprescientprognosticdivinatoryauguralrare:vaticmanticfatidicalfatidicharuspicalpythonic
   • ▪ (of an utterance, advice, etc.) hard to interpret; enigmatic: "an ambiguous, oracular remark" Similar enigmaticcrypticabstruseunclearobscureconfusingmystifyingpuzzlingperplexingbafflingmysteriousarcaneambiguousequivocaltwo-edgedDelphic
   • ▪ holding or claiming the authority of an oracle: "he holds forth in oracular fashion"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from Latin oraculum (see oracle) + -ar1.

   Derivatives

   • 1. oracularity noun
   • 2. oracularly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

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