单词 | fatidical |
释义 | fatidicaladj. a. = fatidic adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] witiec897 weirdc1400 propheticalc1450 propheticc1484 vaticinant1490 fatal?1504 spaeing?a1505 vaticinal1587 mantical1588 vatical1594 vatic1603 fatidical1608 vaticinating1634 fatiloquent1656 vaticinian1656 fatidic1671 fateful1720 vaticinatric1729 seer-like1816 mantic1839 fatidicating1867 vaticinatory1883 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 131 This beast is..indued..with a fatidicall or propheticall geographicall delineation. a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) vi. iv. 194 To understand what is spoken..in this Fatidical passion. 1706 J. Potter Archæologia Græca (ed. 2) I. ii. xvi. 335 Urns, into which the Lots or Fatidical Verses were thrown. 1721–1800 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. 1829 T. Carlyle in Edinb. Rev. June 439 The fatidical fury spreads wider and wider. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 331 A tablet, on which certain fatidical verses were written. b. Of persons, trees, etc.: Gifted with the power of prophecy. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > gifted with the power of prophecy seeinga1382 fatidicala1607 a1607 T. Brightman Predictions & Prophecies (1641) 2 Our ancient Prophets, Bards, and fatidicall Vaticinators. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xxxvii. 91 The Ancients write of som Trees that they are Fatidicall. 1864 W. Bell in Notes & Queries V. 442 One of those fatidical women, who..ruled the destinies of the nation. Derivatives faˈtidically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adverb] propheticallyc1429 vatically1641 fatidically1693 mantically1903 1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. xxv. 210 As fatidically, as under the Emperor Valence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1607 |
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