Fatidic

//feɪˈtɪdɪk// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. archaic

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

Synonyms

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accidentaladventitiousaleatoryapocalypticapproachingcasual

Example

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

Etymology

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

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