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oracular

adjective/ɒɹˈæk.juː.lə/

What It Means

Of or relating to an oracle.

Prophetic, foretelling the future.

Wise, authoritative.

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Oracular in Context

“Ferguson's sin consisted in his oracular 'unmasking' of a 'second-rate sort of society, full of second rate citizens, pursuing comparatively worthless objects.'”

— 2006, Lisa Hill, The Passionate Society: the social, political and moral thought of Adam Ferguson

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From Middle French oraculaire.

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