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fatidical|feɪˈtɪdɪkəl|
[f. L. fātidic-us (see prec.) + -al1.]
a. = prec.b. Of persons, trees, etc.: Gifted with the power of prophecy.
a.1607Topsell Serpents (1653) 685 This Beast is..indued..with a fatidical or prophetical geographical delineation. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. vi. 209 To understand what is spoken..in this fatidical passion. 1697Potter Antiq. Greece ii. xvi. (1715) 335 Urns, into which the Lots or Fatidical Verses were thrown. 1721–1800in Bailey. 1829Carlyle Misc. (1857) II. 98 The fatidical fury spreads wider and wider. 1855Smedley Occult Sciences 331 A tablet, on which certain fatidical verses were written.
b.1641Brightman Predict. 2 Our ancient Prophets, Bards, and fatidicall Vaticinators. c1645Howell Lett. (1688) IV. 486 The Ancients write of some Trees, that they are Fatidical. 1652Gaule Magastrom. 255 Fatidical Mars. 1864W. Bell in N. & Q. V. 442 One of those fatidical women, who..ruled the destinies of the nation.
Hence faˈtidically adv.
a1693Urquhart Rabelais iii. xxv. 210 As fatidically, as under the Emperor Valence. |