vaticinal

American  

[vuh-tis-uh-nl] / vəˈtɪs ə nl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characterized by prophecy; prophetic.

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Etymology

Origin of vaticinal

1580–90; < Latin vāticin ( us ) prophetic ( vāticin ( ārī ) to prophesy + -us adj. suffix) + -al ¹; see vaticinate

Example Sentences

Mrs. Bush is a substantial, auburn-haired woman of middle years whose vaticinal gifts extend from prose to painting.

From Time Magazine Archive

Adj. predicting &c. v.; predictive, prophetic; fatidic†, fatidical†; vaticinal, oracular, fatiloquent†, haruspical, Sibylline; weatherwise†. ominous, portentous, augurous†, augurial, augural; auspicial†, auspicious; prescious†, monitory, extispicious†, premonitory, significant of, pregnant with, bit with the fate of.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Any one in the wide world except the Marshams would have quickly recognized the inconvenience of having a vaticinal cook.

From Garrick's Pupil by Filon, Auguston