Definitions for oracular

oracular o·rac·u·lar

Spelling: [aw-rak-yuh-ler, oh-rak-]
IPA: /ɔˈræk yə lər, oʊˈræk-/

Oracular is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 136 anagrams from letters in oracular (aaclorru).

Definitions for oracular

adjective

  1. of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle:
  2. giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
  3. uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
  4. ambiguous; obscure.
  5. portentous; ominous.

Origin of oracular

1625-35; Latin ōrācul(um) oracle + -ar1

Examples for oracular

Greenspan cultivated an oracular air, his utterances vague and technocratic yet hinting at shamanistic powers.

"Anybody can do it, when once they know how," so ran this oracular document.

His method is gnomic, laconic, oracular; never persuasive or plausible.

It assumes to be prophetical, and its utterances are oracular.

"You are neither of you right, as usual," said little Potts, in his oracular way.

Margaret was oracular and mysterious, and looked like a thundercloud.

His comments are aphoristic or oracular, but often infused with wit.

"We're all like we're made," sounded the oracular accents of Mr. Peebles.

They make the Court an oracular interpreter of the 225-year-old Constitution that serves as the most basic American law.

And Marion delivered this speech with a most oracular and pretentious tone.

Word Value for oracular
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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