ȯˈrakyələ(r), äˈr-, əˈr- adjective
Etymology: Latin oracul um oracle + English -ar — more at oracle
1. : of, relating to, or being an oracle : used to forecast or divine : forecasting, divining
oracular bone inscriptions — Chung-Yuan Chang
oracular instruments — Nathaniel Micklem
able by oracular means to expose a witch — Notes & Queries on Anthropology
2. : resembling an oracle especially in solemnity of delivery or obscurity of thought
the oracular sayings of Victorian poets — René Wellek & Austin Warren
• orac·u·lar·ly adverb
• orac·u·lar·ness noun -es