vatic, prophetic, oracular, quill pen

 When shooting on assignment he tended to retain the best images for himself: the portrait of Robert Graves that appeared in a 1941 issue of Picture Post shows a young man focused on his work; the one from the same session that Brandt held back shows the poet looking more mature, a quill pen clasped between his teeth and a slightly mad, oracular gleam in his eye.
 

vatic
(VAT-ik)

adjective
Of or related to a prophet or a prophecy: prophetic.

Etymology
From Latin vates (prophet). Ultimately from the Indo-European root wet- (to blow or inspire) which is also the source of fan, atmosphere, Vatican, and Wednesday (literally, Woden's day, after a Norse god).

Usage
"'I know one day we will all die,' replied Adi, making a valiant stab at vatic foresight." Tom Sutcliffe; Not All of It Added Up; The Independent (London, UK); Jan 29, 2009.

Function: adjective

Etymology: Latin vates seer, prophet; akin to Old English wōth poetry, Old High German wuot madness, Old Irish fáith seer, poet

Date: 1603

: prophetic, oracular

oracular

 

音節

o • rac • u • lar

発音

ɔːrǽkjulər | ɔr-

[形]((形式))

1 神託の（ような）；託宣を告げるような；あいまいな, なぞめいた.

2 もったいぶった, 押しつけがましい.

3 予言者的な.

o・rac・u・lar・ly

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