fatidicadj.
/feɪˈtɪdɪk/ Now rare.
Of or concerned with predicting fates; prophetic.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective]
witiec897
weirdc1400
propheticalc1450
propheticc1484
vaticinant1490
fatal?1504
spaeing?a1505
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fatidical1608
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1671 J. Davies Sibylls i. xviii. 48 The Fatidick Books.
1692 J. Edwards Farther Enq. Old & New Test. 310 The Earth become Old, so that the Fatidick Virtue was worn out.
1721–36 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
1844 T. Mitchell Sophocles I. 72 (note) A verb applicable to fatidic purposes.
1861 in Jrnl. Sacred Lit. XIV. 175 When Moses, in the fatidic spirit, foretold the future prosperity of Israel.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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