fatiloquent

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/feɪˈtɪləkwənt/

adjective

prophetic; speaking of fate.

OriginLatin fatiloquus →
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Meanings

adjectivefatiloquent (not comparable)
  1. not comparableprophetic; speaking of fate.

    He paused, adopting a pensive mien which befitted this fatiloquent observation, and I was transfixed by the thick, almost Neanderthal ridges of bone that took the place of eyebrows on his mondial head.

    1993, Will Self, My Idea of Fun, Grove Press, published 2005, →ISBN, page 37

Origin

  1. Latinfatiloquus
  2. Englishfatiloquent

From Latin fatiloquus, from fatum (“fate”) + ultimately loqui (“speak”) (modeled on eloquent and other such words).

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Translations

Finnish enteellinen
  • enteellinenprophetic, speaking of fate
Russian пророческий
  • пророческий (proročeskij)prophetic, speaking of fate
Spanish profético
  • proféticoprophetic, speaking of fate
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APA

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Chicago

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