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fa·tid·ic

 (fə-tĭd′ĭk) also fa·tid·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.
[Latin fātidicus : fātum, prophecy, doom; see fate + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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fatidic

(feɪˈtɪdɪk) or

fatidical

adj
rare prophetic
[C17: from Latin fātidicus, from fātum fate + dīcere to say]
faˈtidically adv
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fa•tid•ic

(feɪˈtɪd ɪk, fə-)

also fa•tid′i•cal,



adj.
prophetic.
[1665–75; < Latin fātidicus]
fa•tid′i•cal•ly, adv.
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fatidic

adjective
Of or relating to the foretelling of events by or as if by supernatural means:
augural, divinitory, fatidical, mantic, oracular, prophetic, sibylline, vatic, vatical, vaticinal, visionary.
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