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fatidic, a. Now rare.|feɪˈtɪdɪk| [ad. L. fātidic-us, f. fāti- comb. form of fātum fate + dic- weak root of dīc-ĕre to speak.] Of or concerned with predicting fates; prophetic.
1671J. Davies Sibylls i. xviii. 48 The Fatidick Books. 1692J. Edwards Remarkable Texts 310 The earth become old, so that the fatidick virtue was worn out. 1721–36in Bailey. 1844T. Mitchell Sophocles I. 72 note, A verb applicable to fatidic purposes. 1861in Jrnl. Sacred Lit. XIV. 175 When Moses, in the fatidic spirit, foretold the future prosperity of Israel. |