Oracular (adj)
or-ak-yu-ler
Of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle. Uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
First recorded in 1625–35; from Latin ōrācul(um) oracle + -ar 1
Example sentences
“Her oracular predictions gave me the creeps”
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