prophetic

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. adjective foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

In classic literature

Synonyms

prophetical

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