oraculousadj.

Brit.

/ɒˈrakjᵿləs/,

/əˈrakjᵿləs/,

/ɔːˈrakjᵿləs/, U.S.

/ɔˈrækjələs/

Forms: 1600s– oraculous, 1600s–1700s orac'lous.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ōrāculum , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < classical Latin ōrāculum oracle n. + -ous suffix, perhaps after miraculous adj. Compare Middle French, French oraculeux (1580). Compare later oracular adj.

Now rare.

Of, relating to, or of the nature of an oracle. (Now superseded by oracular in most senses.)

1. Of or relating to an ancient oracle; = oracular adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > relating to an oracle

oraculous1604

oracular1633

1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. F3^v We yeeld to them The glory of that stratagem: To those whose Oraculous voice repaire, For they those Delphick Prophets are.

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. xxi. 596 This [sc. counting the sands] the oraculous deuill of Delpho's..ascribed to himselfe.

1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 38 Th' Oak by Greekes esteem'd oraculous.

1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. b2 Where the Oraculous Tripos stands.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 14 Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems On Aaron's breast.

1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 179 When..Orac'lous Argo sail'd from wondering Greece.

1803 ‘C. Caustic’ Terrible Tractoration (ed. 2) iii. 99 Friend Davy, when he was Inspir'd with his oraculous gas, Utter'd this solemn truth, that nought E'er had existence, only thought!

1849 tr. A. Hamilton Fairy Tales 174 [He] soon left the oraculous wood a full league behind him.

1900 W. V. Moody Masque of Judgement iv, in Poems & Plays (1912) 363 That oraculous tree whose leaves are tongues.

†2. Of a person: that delivers oracular responses; = oracular adj. 1d. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > of person: uttering as an oracle

oracling1584

oraculous1606

oracular1821

1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. sig. E4^v Tis so oraculous Father.

1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. D3^v Like a Coniurer, One of our fiue [read fine] Oraculous wizards.

1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 112 The oraculous doctors mistick bills, Certain hard words made into pills.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 519 Th' oraculous Seer [sc. Proteus] frequents the Pharian coast.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 61. ⁋4 He grows on a sudden oraculous and infallible.

1818 T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey xii. 172 He..asked Mr. Flosky, whom he looked up to as a most oraculous personage, whether any story of any ghost..was entitled to any degree of belief?

†a. Of the nature of a divine or infallible statement; = oracular adj. 1a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality

soothlyc888

soothfastc950

truea1250

very1303

strait1340

honesta1400

soothfulc1400

precisec1443

veritable1474

just1490

perfect1523

faithful1529

sincere1555

unmangled1557

truthful?1567

neat1571

oraculous1612

punctual1620

oracular1631

unvamped1639

strict1645

unembroidered1649

ungarbled1721

unexaggerated1770

veracious1777

unfictitious1835

unexaggeratinga1854

uncooked1860

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective]

pythonical1582

oraculous1612

theomantic1620

oracular1631

pythonic1658

1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 162 That what he spake, was held to be oraculous, So true his writings were.

1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 56 Is no Bishop no King, such an oraculous Truth?

1700 F. Manning Generous Choice i. iv. 8 When he spoke, sure Musick hung upon his Tongue, and all he said I thought Oraculous.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋10 He..expects that..his opinion be received as decisive and oraculous.

b. Resembling the ancient oracles in obscurity or ambiguity; = oracular adj. 1b. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective]

higheOE

dighela1000

deepc1000

darkOE

starkOE

dusk?c1225

subtle1340

dimc1350

subtilea1393

covert1393

mystica1398

murka1400

cloudyc1400

hard?c1400

mistyc1400

unclearc1400

diffuse1430

abstractc1450

diffused?1456

exquisitec1460

obnubilous?a1475

obscure?a1475

covered1484

intricate?a1500

nice?a1500

perplexeda1500

difficilea1513

difficult1530

privy1532

smoky1533

secret1535

abstruse?1549

difficul1552

entangled1561

confounded1572

darksome1574

obnubilate1575

enigmatical1576

confuse1577

mysteriousa1586

Delphic1598

obfuscatea1600

enfumed1601

Delphicala1603

obstruse1604

abstracted1605

confused1611

questionable1611

inevident1614

recondite1619

cryptic1620

obfuscated1620

transcendent1624

Delphian1625

oraculous1625

enigmatic1628

recluse1629

abdite1635

undilucidated1635

clouded1641

benighted1647

oblite1650

researched1653

obnubilated1658

obscurative1664

tenebrose1677

hyperbyssal1691

condite1695

diffusive1709

profound1710

tenebricose1730

oracular1749

opaque1761

unenlightening1768

darkling1795

offuscating1798

unrecognizable1817

tough1820

abstrusive1848

obscurant1878

out-of-focus1891

unplumbable1895

inenubilable1903

non-transparent1939

1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 29 As for Equiuocations, or Oraculous Speeches, they cannot hold out long.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 125 To guess..what the meaning of this oraculous clause should be.

1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller ii. 24 Very delicate, oraculous and doubtful; be not so dark, dear Madam.

1835 R. M. Bird Infidel xiv. 172 He obtained nothing but unmeaning nods of the head, and sometimes looks, too significant to be doubted, and yet too oraculous to be understood.

1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 768 His [sc. Sartre's] rather prophetic style, his oraculous utterances, his fluctuations from deductive inferences to ineffable experiences, [etc.].

a. Uttered or decreed by an oracle; = oracular adj. 3. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > uttered by an oracle

oraculous1615

oraculara1678

chrematistical1701

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 Deliuer him in writing the state of the question; who in writing briefly returnes his oraculous answer.

1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 99 Who..sung many oraculous cautions to the people of Sparta, yet could they not predict their owne disaster.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 197 As the oraculous predictions of the Prophets and expresse promises of God himselfe describe it.

1731 L. Theobald Orestes i. iii. 7 Yet, spight of Tempests, have you reach'd the Clime, To which th'oraculous Command did point.

1836 R. M. Bird Sheppard Lee viii. iii. 274 The magnetized slumberer, who..renders oraculous responses to any question that may be proposed him, even though it be upon subjects of which, while awake, he is entirely ignorant.

2002 Encycl. Brit. Online 20 Aug. at Rabelais, François The Sacred Bottle–the ostensible quest of the Quart livre–is consulted, and the heroes receive the oraculous advice: ‘drink’.

†b. Of or relating to an injunction or command of the Pope. Cf. oracle n. 6. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective] > injunction or command

oraculousa1631

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 195 One, whose books are dedicated to the Pope..and so hath had an Oraculous refining, by an allowance Oraculo vivæ vocis.

Derivatives

† oraculously adv. Obsolete by or in the manner of an oracle; as if by an oracle; oracularly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adverb]

oraculouslya1631

oracularly1771

a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. D8 To speake oraculously, whisperingly, generally, and therefore escapingly.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 72 The branching Beech and vocal Oke, Where Jove of old Oraculously spoke.

† oraculousness n. Obsolete rare oracularity.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > condition of being

oracularness1727

oraculousness1755

oracularity1816

1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Oraculous Oraculousness, the state of being oracular.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oraculous
释义	oraculousadj. Brit. /ɒˈrakjᵿləs/, /əˈrakjᵿləs/, /ɔːˈrakjᵿləs/, U.S. /ɔˈrækjələs/ Forms: 1600s– oraculous, 1600s–1700s orac'lous. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ōrāculum , -ous suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ōrāculum oracle n. + -ous suffix, perhaps after miraculous adj. Compare Middle French, French oraculeux (1580). Compare later oracular adj. Now rare. Of, relating to, or of the nature of an oracle. (Now superseded by oracular in most senses.) 1. Of or relating to an ancient oracle; = oracular adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > relating to an oracle oraculous1604 oracular1633 1604 T. Dekker Newes from Graues-end sig. F3^v We yeeld to them The glory of that stratagem: To those whose Oraculous voice repaire, For they those Delphick Prophets are. 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xvi. xxi. 596 This [sc. counting the sands] the oraculous deuill of Delpho's..ascribed to himselfe. 1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks iii. 38 Th' Oak by Greekes esteem'd oraculous. 1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. Pref. sig. b2 Where the Oraculous Tripos stands. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 14 Urim and Thummim, those oraculous gems On Aaron's breast. View more context for this quotation 1776 W. J. Mickle tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad 179 When..Orac'lous Argo sail'd from wondering Greece. 1803 ‘C. Caustic’ Terrible Tractoration (ed. 2) iii. 99 Friend Davy, when he was Inspir'd with his oraculous gas, Utter'd this solemn truth, that nought E'er had existence, only thought! 1849 tr. A. Hamilton Fairy Tales 174 [He] soon left the oraculous wood a full league behind him. 1900 W. V. Moody Masque of Judgement iv, in Poems & Plays (1912) 363 That oraculous tree whose leaves are tongues. †2. Of a person: that delivers oracular responses; = oracular adj. 1d. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > of person: uttering as an oracle oracling1584 oraculous1606 oracular1821 1606 J. Marston Parasitaster iii. sig. E4^v Tis so oraculous Father. 1617 T. Middleton & W. Rowley Faire Quarrell ii. sig. D3^v Like a Coniurer, One of our fiue [read fine] Oraculous wizards. 1646 R. Crashaw Steps to Temple 112 The oraculous doctors mistick bills, Certain hard words made into pills. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 519 Th' oraculous Seer [sc. Proteus] frequents the Pharian coast. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 61. ⁋4 He grows on a sudden oraculous and infallible. 1818 T. L. Peacock Nightmare Abbey xii. 172 He..asked Mr. Flosky, whom he looked up to as a most oraculous personage, whether any story of any ghost..was entitled to any degree of belief? 3. †a. Of the nature of a divine or infallible statement; = oracular adj. 1a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adjective] > of statement: agreeing with reality soothlyc888 soothfastc950 truea1250 very1303 strait1340 honesta1400 soothfulc1400 precisec1443 veritable1474 just1490 perfect1523 faithful1529 sincere1555 unmangled1557 truthful?1567 neat1571 oraculous1612 punctual1620 oracular1631 unvamped1639 strict1645 unembroidered1649 ungarbled1721 unexaggerated1770 veracious1777 unfictitious1835 unexaggeratinga1854 uncooked1860 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] pythonical1582 oraculous1612 theomantic1620 oracular1631 pythonic1658 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion x. 162 That what he spake, was held to be oraculous, So true his writings were. 1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 56 Is no Bishop no King, such an oraculous Truth? 1700 F. Manning Generous Choice i. iv. 8 When he spoke, sure Musick hung upon his Tongue, and all he said I thought Oraculous. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 172. ⁋10 He..expects that..his opinion be received as decisive and oraculous. b. Resembling the ancient oracles in obscurity or ambiguity; = oracular adj. 1b. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > unintelligibility > depth, obscurity > [adjective] higheOE dighela1000 deepc1000 darkOE starkOE dusk?c1225 subtle1340 dimc1350 subtilea1393 covert1393 mystica1398 murka1400 cloudyc1400 hard?c1400 mistyc1400 unclearc1400 diffuse1430 abstractc1450 diffused?1456 exquisitec1460 obnubilous?a1475 obscure?a1475 covered1484 intricate?a1500 nice?a1500 perplexeda1500 difficilea1513 difficult1530 privy1532 smoky1533 secret1535 abstruse?1549 difficul1552 entangled1561 confounded1572 darksome1574 obnubilate1575 enigmatical1576 confuse1577 mysteriousa1586 Delphic1598 obfuscatea1600 enfumed1601 Delphicala1603 obstruse1604 abstracted1605 confused1611 questionable1611 inevident1614 recondite1619 cryptic1620 obfuscated1620 transcendent1624 Delphian1625 oraculous1625 enigmatic1628 recluse1629 abdite1635 undilucidated1635 clouded1641 benighted1647 oblite1650 researched1653 obnubilated1658 obscurative1664 tenebrose1677 hyperbyssal1691 condite1695 diffusive1709 profound1710 tenebricose1730 oracular1749 opaque1761 unenlightening1768 darkling1795 offuscating1798 unrecognizable1817 tough1820 abstrusive1848 obscurant1878 out-of-focus1891 unplumbable1895 inenubilable1903 non-transparent1939 1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 29 As for Equiuocations, or Oraculous Speeches, they cannot hold out long. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 125 To guess..what the meaning of this oraculous clause should be. 1726 C. Johnson Female Fortune-teller ii. 24 Very delicate, oraculous and doubtful; be not so dark, dear Madam. 1835 R. M. Bird Infidel xiv. 172 He obtained nothing but unmeaning nods of the head, and sometimes looks, too significant to be doubted, and yet too oraculous to be understood. 1949 Philos. & Phenomenol. Res. 9 768 His [sc. Sartre's] rather prophetic style, his oraculous utterances, his fluctuations from deductive inferences to ineffable experiences, [etc.]. 4. a. Uttered or decreed by an oracle; = oracular adj. 3. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adjective] > uttered by an oracle oraculous1615 oraculara1678 chrematistical1701 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 61 Deliuer him in writing the state of the question; who in writing briefly returnes his oraculous answer. 1624 T. Heywood Γυναικεῖον ii. 99 Who..sung many oraculous cautions to the people of Sparta, yet could they not predict their owne disaster. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 197 As the oraculous predictions of the Prophets and expresse promises of God himselfe describe it. 1731 L. Theobald Orestes i. iii. 7 Yet, spight of Tempests, have you reach'd the Clime, To which th'oraculous Command did point. 1836 R. M. Bird Sheppard Lee viii. iii. 274 The magnetized slumberer, who..renders oraculous responses to any question that may be proposed him, even though it be upon subjects of which, while awake, he is entirely ignorant. 2002 Encycl. Brit. Online 20 Aug. at Rabelais, François The Sacred Bottle–the ostensible quest of the Quart livre–is consulted, and the heroes receive the oraculous advice: ‘drink’. †b. Of or relating to an injunction or command of the Pope. Cf. oracle n. 6. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > pope > [adjective] > injunction or command oraculousa1631 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 195 One, whose books are dedicated to the Pope..and so hath had an Oraculous refining, by an allowance Oraculo vivæ vocis. Derivatives † oraculously adv. Obsolete by or in the manner of an oracle; as if by an oracle; oracularly. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [adverb] oraculouslya1631 oracularly1771 a1631 J. Donne Paradoxes (1652) sig. D8 To speake oraculously, whisperingly, generally, and therefore escapingly. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 72 The branching Beech and vocal Oke, Where Jove of old Oraculously spoke. View more context for this quotation † oraculousness n. Obsolete rare oracularity.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > divination through oracles > [noun] > medium or mouthpiece of the deity, oracle > condition of being oracularness1727 oraculousness1755 oracularity1816 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Oraculous Oraculousness, the state of being oracular. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1604
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