Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fatidical

/fəˈtɪdɪkəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: fa-tidi-cal
IPA: /fəˈtɪdɪkəl/

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.

Example Sentences

"the fatidical oak"
"some Trees , that they are fatidical, these come to foretell, at leastwise to wish you, as the season invites me, a good New-year"

Etymology

From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dīcō (“to say, tell”).

Inflected Forms

more fatidical (comparative) most fatidical (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

fatidically

Questions

How do you pronounce fatidical?: The recorded pronunciation is /fəˈtɪdɪkəl/.
What does fatidical mean?: Having power to foretell future events; prophetic; fatiloquent.
Where does fatidical come from?: From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dīcō (“to say, tell”).

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