(adj) resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought, Syn.oracular, Example: the oracular sayings of Victorian poets; so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it; an enigmatic smile
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
a. [ L. oracularius. See Oracle. ] 1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism. [ 1913 Webster ]
They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
-- O*rac"u*lar*ly, adv. -- O*rac"u*lar*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
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