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vaticinatory, a.|vətɪsɪˈneɪtərɪ|
[f. vaticinate v.: see -ory 2.]
Vaticinal, prophetic.
1883S. Wainwright Sci. Sophisms viii. 169 The vaticinatory character of these opinions is their least remarkable feature. 1895Starting Price 23 Mar. 3/3 To test the vaticinatory skill of professional and amateur prophets, we offer a prize of {pstlg}10 for a tipping contest. 1930Wyndham Lewis Apes of God xii. vii. 483 There was, as well as a great vaticinatory verve, a certain boastfulness about this Fascist. 1980V. Cunningham Penguin Bk. Spanish Civil War Verse 38 Cornford is blamed for not being vaticinatory enough about these ‘political surrealists’ who couldn't wait for the revolution. |