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Definition of vatic in English: vaticadjective ˈvatɪkˈvadik literary Describing or predicting what will happen in the future. Example sentencesExamples - The vatic ferocity of it all seems numbing and alien.
- Critics come in vastly varying styles: from subtle, self-effacing, and sardonic, to oracular, vatic, apocalyptic, to plain damned intelligent.
- This poem is very much in the vatic mode, and it was precisely for that reason, Jacobs reminded us, that the poet came to despise it, refusing to include it in later collections of his verse.
- It was a tradition of vatic utterance, such as that represented by Blake - the Blake of the prophetic books.
Synonyms prophetic, predictive, visionary
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vates 'prophet' + -ic. Definition of vatic in US English: vaticadjectiveˈvadik literary Describing or predicting what will happen in the future. Example sentencesExamples - This poem is very much in the vatic mode, and it was precisely for that reason, Jacobs reminded us, that the poet came to despise it, refusing to include it in later collections of his verse.
- It was a tradition of vatic utterance, such as that represented by Blake - the Blake of the prophetic books.
- Critics come in vastly varying styles: from subtle, self-effacing, and sardonic, to oracular, vatic, apocalyptic, to plain damned intelligent.
- The vatic ferocity of it all seems numbing and alien.
Synonyms prophetic, predictive, visionary
Origin Early 17th century: from Latin vates ‘prophet’ + -ic. |