vaticinal

[vuh-tis-uh-nl]

va·tic·i·nal

[vuh-tis-uh-nl]
adjective
of, pertaining to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin vāticin(us) prophetic (vāticin(ārī) to prophesy + -us adj. suffix) + -al1; see vaticinate
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Vaticinal is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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vaticinate (vəˈtɪsɪˌneɪt)
 
vb
rare to foretell; prophesy
 
[C17: from Latin vāticinārī from vātēs prophet + canere to foretell]
 
vaticination
 
n
 
va'ticinator
 
n
 
vaticinal
 
adj
 
va'ticinatory
 
adj

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