Associations to the word «Oracular»

Wiktionary

ORACULAR, adjective. Of or relating to an oracle.
ORACULAR, adjective. Prophetic, foretelling the future.
ORACULAR, adjective. Ambiguous, hard to interpret.

Dictionary definition

ORACULAR, adjective. Of or relating to an oracle; "able by oracular means to expose a witch".
ORACULAR, adjective. Obscurely prophetic; "Delphic pronouncements"; "an oracular message".
ORACULAR, adjective. Resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought; "the oracular sayings of Victorian poets"; "so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it"; "an enigmatic smile".

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke