man·tic

(măn′tĭk)

adj.

Of, relating to, or having the power of divination; prophetic.

[Greek mantikos, from mantis, seer; see men- in Indo-European roots.]

man′tic·al·ly adv.

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mantic

(ˈmæntɪk)

adj

1. of or relating to divination and prophecy

2. having divining or prophetic powers

[C19: from Greek mantikos prophetic, from mantis seer]

ˈmantically adv

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man•tic

(ˈmæn tɪk)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to divination.

2. having the power of divination.

[1580–90; < Greek mantikós of a soothsayer, prophetic. See mantis, -ic]

man′ti•cal•ly, adv.

-mantic

a combining form used in the formation of adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -mancy: necromantic.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

mantic - resembling or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy; "the high priest's divinatory pronouncement"; "mantic powers"; "a kind of sibylline book with ready and infallible answers to questions"

divinatory, sibyllic, sibylline, vatic, vatical

prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

mantic

adjective

Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:

augural, divinitory, fatidic, fatidical, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.

Translations

profetico

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