Lexic.us

Definition of Oracular

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an oracle. "Able by oracular means to expose a witch"

2. Adjective. Obscurely prophetic. "An oracular message"

3. Adjective. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought. "An enigmatic smile"

Definition of Oracular

1. a. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.

Definition of Oracular

1. Adjective. Of or relating to an oracle. ¹

2. Adjective. Prophetic, foretelling the future. ¹

3. Adjective. Ambiguous, hard to interpret. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Oracular

1. oracle [adj] - See also: oracle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oracular

ora ora serrata orach orache oraches orachs oracies oracle oracle machine oracle machines

oracle of Delphi oracled oracles oracling oracular (current term) oracularities oracularity oracularly oraculous oraculously

oraculousness oracy orad oragious oraison oral (erosive) lichen planus oral availability oral biology

Literary usage of Oracular

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Jewish Church by Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1882)
"Side by side with this occasional and undefined duty oracular of instruction ... In the Chief Priest resided a power of oracular response to inquirers on ..."

2. The Canada Law Journal by Law Society of Upper Canada, William S. Hein & Company, Canadian Bar Association (1916)
"This is oracular, but, like many other oracular utterances, not well founded. In vol. 46, page 83, of this journal, are to be found citations from Hyde, J., ..."

3. A History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the by Joseph Davey Cunningham (1918)
"These gods ami worship village or forest gods, or family progenitors, or they oracular invoke a stone as typical of the great mother of mankind ; or some ..."

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