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单词 oracular
释义 orac·u·lar
\ȯˈrakyələ(r), äˈr-, əˈr-\ adjective
Etymology: Latin oraculum oracle + English -ar — more at oracle
1. : of, relating to, or being an oracle : used to forecast or divine : forecasting, divining
 < oracular bone inscriptions — Chung-Yuan Chang >
 < oracular instruments — Nathaniel Micklem >
 < able by oracular means to expose a witch — Notes & Queries on Anthropology >
2. : resembling an oracle especially in solemnity of delivery or obscurity of thought
 < the oracular sayings of Victorian poets — René Wellek & Austin Warren >
orac·u·lar·ly adverb
orac·u·lar·ness noun -es
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