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o·rac·u·lar  (ô-rky-lr, -rk-)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or being an oracle.

2. Resembling or characteristic of an oracle:

a. Solemnly prophetic.

b. Enigmatic; obscure.

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[From Latin rculum, oracle, from rre, to speak.]

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o·racu·lari·ty (-lr-t) n.

o·racu·lar·ly adv.

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oracular

Adjective

1. of or like an oracle

2. wise and prophetic

3. mysterious or ambiguous

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	oracular - of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch"
	2.	oracular - obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message" Delphic prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
	3.	oracular - resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile" enigmatic ambiguous - having more than one possible meaning; "ambiguous words"; "frustrated by ambiguous instructions, the parents were unable to assemble the toy"