
o·rac·u·lar
[ôˈrakyələr]
ADJECTIVE
relating to an oracle.
“the oracular shrine”
synonyms: prophetic · prophetical · sibylline · predictive · prescient · prognostic · divinatory · augural · vatic · mantic · fatidical · fatidic · haruspical · pythonic
(of an utterance, advice, etc.) hard to interpret; enigmatic.
“an ambiguous, oracular remark”
synonyms: enigmatic · cryptic · abstruse · unclear · obscure · confusing · mystifying · puzzling · perplexing · baffling · mysterious · arcane · ambiguous · equivocal · two-edged · Delphic
holding or claiming the authority of an oracle.
“he holds forth in oracular fashion”
ORIGIN
mid 17th century: from Latin oraculum ( see oracle) + -ar1.