fatidic

English

Etymology

From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dico (“I speak”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /feɪˈtɪdɪk/

Adjective

fatidic (comparative more fatidic, superlative most fatidic)

(now rare) Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 112:
  At that moment he felt quite proud of his stratagem. He was to recall it with a fatidic shiver seventeen years later [...].

Translations

Of or pertaining to prophecy

Bulgarian: пророчески (bg) (proročeski)
French: fatidique (fr)

Russian: проро́ческий (ru) (proróčeskij)

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