fatidic

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UK/feɪˈtɪdɪk/

adjective

Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.

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foreordainedpredestinedbashertdestineddoomedfatedfatefulpredevote
OriginLatin fātidicus →
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Meanings

adjectivefatidic (comparative more fatidic, superlative most fatidic)

comparative more fatidic · superlative most fatidic

  1. archaicOf or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.

    At that moment he felt quite proud of his stratagem. He was to recall it with a fatidic shiver seventeen years later [...].

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 112

    Synonyms: foreordained, predestined, bashert, destined, doomed, fated, fateful, foreordained

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.

Similar
foreordainedpredestinedbashertdestineddoomedfatedfatefulforeordainedpredestinedpredevotepreordainedweird
Also see
destineddoomedfatedfatefulforeordainedpredevotepreordainedweird

Origin

  1. Latinfātidicus
  2. Englishfatidic

From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dico (“to speak”). Via Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- cognate with the synonymous English prophetic.

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Translations

Bulgarian пророчески
  • пророчески (proročeski)Of or pertaining to prophecy
French fatidique
  • fatidiqueOf or pertaining to prophecy
Russian проро́ческий
  • проро́ческий (proróčeskij)Of or pertaining to prophecy
Spanish fatídico
  • fatídicoOf or pertaining to prophecy
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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