Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vatic

/ˈvætɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: vat-ic
IPA: /ˈvætɪk/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.

Example Sentences

"The truth of life lay in the vatic messages words sent, meanings beyond what the world called meaning."
"“Inordinate attention from the middle latitudes,” proclaimed Miles, with a sort of vatic swoon in his voice."
"[T]he book, constructed in short, lucid episodes, can be satisfyingly read as a sequence of provocative talks, at once well informed and vatic."
"Here is that gush, vatic visions of those ‘fixed, fast-frozen relations’ melting […]"

Etymology

From Latin vates (“seer, poet”) + -ic.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vates
Suffix: ic

Derived Forms

vatically

Synonyms

divinatory mantic sibylline sibyllic vatical

Rhymes With

democratic automatic static systematic attic bureaucratic erratic thematic aromatic aristocratic fanatic schematic

Questions

How do you pronounce vatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvætɪk/.
What does vatic mean?: Pertaining to a prophet; prophetic, oracular.
Where does vatic come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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