Fatiloquent

//feɪˈtɪləkwənt// adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    prophetic; speaking of fate. not-comparable

    "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."

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prophetic

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"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."

Etymology

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

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