oracular

oracular
oracularly, adv.oracularity /aw rak'yeuh lar"i tee, oh rak'-/, oracularness, n.
/aw rak"yeuh leuhr, oh rak"-/, adj.
1. of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response.
2. giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
3. uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
4. ambiguous; obscure.
5. portentous; ominous.
[1625-35; < L oracul(um) ORACLE + -AR1]
Syn. 1. prophetic. 2. authoritative, dogmatic. 4. equivocal.

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