oracularityn.

Brit.

/ɒˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/,

/əˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/,

/ɔːˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S.

/ɔˌrækjəˈlɛrədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oracular adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < oracular adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier oracularness n. at oracular adj. Derivatives.

1. The quality of being oracular; the ability to make or receive divine communications; (hence in extended use) infallible wisdom or unquestionable authority.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > condition of being

oracularness1727

oraculousness1755

oracularity1816

1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 260 Agreeably to the notion which ascribed oracularity to the sacred grotto.

1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 36 To invest the Clergy with some dreamy and mysterious oracularity.

1901 Mod. Lang. Notes 16 95/2 He would have scorned the honors..of oracularity professedly warranted by turning over just so many pages of just so many authors.

1953 Amer. Lit. 24 483 Sir Luke must manifest..supreme authoritativeness—a final never-to-be-questioned oracularity.

2001 Spectator 31 Mar. 39 The mannerisms of continental cultural discourse..buttressed by not infrequent recourse to a tone of portentous oracularity.

2. The quality of being obscure, enigmatic, or hard to interpret; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun]

deepnessa1000

subtletya1387

difficultyc1405

mistiheadc1425

darknessc1450

obscurity1474

profoundnessc1475

obscureness1509

profundity1559

perplexity1563

opacity1575

darksomeness1583

perplexednessa1586

deptha1593

spinosity1605

abstruseness1628

abstrusity1649

inevidence1673

enigmaticalness1684

dark1699

indistinctness1704

confusion1729

reconditeness1779

obfuscity1832

oracularity1840

irrecognizability1847

recondity1856

unrecognizableness1865

crypticity1892

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > instance of

subtletya1387

obscurity1495

difficulty?1504

ambage1520

profundities1582

abstrusity1632

concavity1650

mysterious1836

oracularity1840

Pickwickianism1860

in-reference1967

1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 48 365 This we conceive to be in the purest style of the hieroglyphics, and to establish Coleridge's oracularity beyond all question.

1845 W. M. Thackeray Picture Gossip in Wks. (1900) XIII. 458 Stanfield has no mysticism or oracularity about him.

a1849 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. (1850) Jan. 49/2 The quips, quirks, and curt oracularities of the Emersons, Alcots and Fullters, are simply Lily's Euphuisms revived.

1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 2 May 453/2 The awe-inspiring oracularity of the old-fashioned schoolmistress.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 1/2 May we respectfully congratulate Mr. Balfour on what is, looking back over the whole series, one of the profoundest of his Fiscal oracularities?

1999 Time (Electronic ed.) 2 Aug. Speaking in the mode of opaque oracularity practiced by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Dai Xianglong didn't exactly utter a declarative sentence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oracularity
释义	oracularityn. Brit. /ɒˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/, /əˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/, /ɔːˌrakjᵿˈlarᵻti/, U.S. /ɔˌrækjəˈlɛrədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oracular adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < oracular adj. + -ity suffix. Compare earlier oracularness n. at oracular adj. Derivatives. 1. The quality of being oracular; the ability to make or receive divine communications; (hence in extended use) infallible wisdom or unquestionable authority. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > condition of being oracularness1727 oraculousness1755 oracularity1816 1816 G. S. Faber Origin Pagan Idolatry III. 260 Agreeably to the notion which ascribed oracularity to the sacred grotto. 1842 G. S. Faber Provinc. Lett. (1844) II. 36 To invest the Clergy with some dreamy and mysterious oracularity. 1901 Mod. Lang. Notes 16 95/2 He would have scorned the honors..of oracularity professedly warranted by turning over just so many pages of just so many authors. 1953 Amer. Lit. 24 483 Sir Luke must manifest..supreme authoritativeness—a final never-to-be-questioned oracularity. 2001 Spectator 31 Mar. 39 The mannerisms of continental cultural discourse..buttressed by not infrequent recourse to a tone of portentous oracularity. 2. The quality of being obscure, enigmatic, or hard to interpret; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] deepnessa1000 subtletya1387 difficultyc1405 mistiheadc1425 darknessc1450 obscurity1474 profoundnessc1475 obscureness1509 profundity1559 perplexity1563 opacity1575 darksomeness1583 perplexednessa1586 deptha1593 spinosity1605 abstruseness1628 abstrusity1649 inevidence1673 enigmaticalness1684 dark1699 indistinctness1704 confusion1729 reconditeness1779 obfuscity1832 oracularity1840 irrecognizability1847 recondity1856 unrecognizableness1865 crypticity1892 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [noun] > instance of subtletya1387 obscurity1495 difficulty?1504 ambage1520 profundities1582 abstrusity1632 concavity1650 mysterious1836 oracularity1840 Pickwickianism1860 in-reference1967 1840 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 48 365 This we conceive to be in the purest style of the hieroglyphics, and to establish Coleridge's oracularity beyond all question. 1845 W. M. Thackeray Picture Gossip in Wks. (1900) XIII. 458 Stanfield has no mysticism or oracularity about him. a1849 E. A. Poe in Graham's Mag. (1850) Jan. 49/2 The quips, quirks, and curt oracularities of the Emersons, Alcots and Fullters, are simply Lily's Euphuisms revived. 1896 G. B. Shaw in Sat. Rev. 2 May 453/2 The awe-inspiring oracularity of the old-fashioned schoolmistress. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 24 Jan. 1/2 May we respectfully congratulate Mr. Balfour on what is, looking back over the whole series, one of the profoundest of his Fiscal oracularities? 1999 Time (Electronic ed.) 2 Aug. Speaking in the mode of opaque oracularity practiced by U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, Dai Xianglong didn't exactly utter a declarative sentence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1816
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