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fatidic

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fa⋅tid⋅ic

  [fey-tid-ik, fuh-]
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–adjective
prophetic.
Also, fa⋅tid⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1665–75; < L fātidicus, equiv. to fāti- (comb. form of fātum fate ) + -dicus one who utters, deriv. of dīcere to say

Related forms:
fa⋅tid⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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fa·tid·ic   (fə-tĭd'ĭk)   
adj.  Relating to or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.

[Latin fātidicus : fātum, prophecy, doom; see fate + dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots.]
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