fatidic

Apr. 7th, 2010 07:13 am
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fatidic (fuh-TID-ik or fah-TID-ik) - adj., prophetic.


Of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy. Rather old, actually -- borrowed around 1607 from Latin fātidicus, from fātum, fate + -dicus, one who says, from dīcere, to say. Fate-speaker is a pretty cool word, I think.

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