fatesome

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adjective

Characterised or marked by fate; fateful.

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momentoussignificantbigcentralconsequentialcriticalcrucialepochful
OriginProto-Germanic *samaz ← Proto-Indo-European *somHós ← English fate →
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Meanings

adjectivefatesome (comparative more fatesome, superlative most fatesome)

comparative more fatesome · superlative most fatesome

  1. rareCharacterised or marked by fate; fateful.

    One fatesome day while waiting for my landscaping friend to pop by, I was taking an afternoon shower sheerly out of boredom when my dog began barking.

    2011, Tommy Anthony, The Knowledge of Good and Evil, page 183

    Synonyms: momentous, significant, big, central, consequential, critical, crucial, epochful

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCharacterised or marked by fate; fateful.

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momentoussignificantbigcentralconsequentialcriticalcrucialepochfulessentialextraordinaryfatefulfatefraughtheavypivotalhigh on the totem polehistoricinnegligiblekeylife-or-death
Also see
bigcrucialearnestessentialfatefraughtfatefulgraveimportantnoticeableominousparamounttop of mindvital

Origin

  1. Englishfate
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sem-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*somHós
  4. Proto-Germanic*samaz
  5. Englishfatesome

From fate + -some.

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APA

fatesome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatesome

MLA

“fatesome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatesome. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fatesome,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fatesome.

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