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单词 vatic
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Definition of vatic in English:

vatic

adjective ˈvatɪkˈvadik
literary
  • Describing or predicting what will happen in the future.

    〈诗/文〉先知者的,预言的

    vatic utterances
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The vatic ferocity of it all seems numbing and alien.
    • Critics come in vastly varying styles: from subtle, self-effacing, and sardonic, to oracular, vatic, apocalyptic, to plain damned intelligent.
    • This poem is very much in the vatic mode, and it was precisely for that reason, Jacobs reminded us, that the poet came to despise it, refusing to include it in later collections of his verse.
    • It was a tradition of vatic utterance, such as that represented by Blake - the Blake of the prophetic books.
    Synonyms
    prophetic, predictive, visionary

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vates 'prophet' + -ic.

Definition of vatic in US English:

vatic

adjectiveˈvadik
literary
  • Describing or predicting what will happen in the future.

    〈诗/文〉先知者的,预言的

    vatic utterances
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This poem is very much in the vatic mode, and it was precisely for that reason, Jacobs reminded us, that the poet came to despise it, refusing to include it in later collections of his verse.
    • It was a tradition of vatic utterance, such as that represented by Blake - the Blake of the prophetic books.
    • Critics come in vastly varying styles: from subtle, self-effacing, and sardonic, to oracular, vatic, apocalyptic, to plain damned intelligent.
    • The vatic ferocity of it all seems numbing and alien.
    Synonyms
    prophetic, predictive, visionary

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin vates ‘prophet’ + -ic.

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