单词 | oracular |
释义 | oracular —oracularly, adv. —oracularity /aw rak'yeuh lar"i tee, oh rak'-/, oracularness, n. /aw rak"yeuh leuhr, oh rak"-/, adj. 1. of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle: an oracular response. 2. giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority. 3. uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious. 4. ambiguous; obscure. 5. portentous; ominous. [1625-35; < L oracul(um) ORACLE + -AR1] Syn. 1. prophetic. 2. authoritative, dogmatic. 4. equivocal. |
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