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fatiloquent

/feɪˈtɪləkwənt/

fatiloquent adjective: prophetic; speaking of fate.

Adjective

fatiloquent (not comparable)

  1. prophetic; speaking of fate.
    • He paused, adopting a pensive mien which befitted this fatiloquent observation, and I was transfixed by the thick, almost Neanderthal ridges of bone that took the place of eyebrows on his mondial head.1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun, Grove Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37

Origin of fatiloquent

From Latin fatiloquus, from fatum (“fate”) + ultimately loqui (“speak”) (modeled on eloquent and other such words).

Questions about fatiloquent

What does fatiloquent mean?
Fatiloquent means prophetic; speaking of fate.
What part of speech is fatiloquent?
Fatiloquent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fatiloquent?
Fatiloquent is pronounced /feɪˈtɪləkwənt/.

Words near fatiloquent in the dictionary

  1. fatiguingly
  2. fatiguingness
  3. Fatih
  4. fatiha
  5. fatihas
  6. fatiloquent
  7. fatiloquist
  8. fatiloquists
  9. Fatima
  10. Fatimid
  11. Fatimid Caliphate

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