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Word entry · 9 letters

prophetic

Best crossword clue

"Foretelling"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /pɹəˈfɛtɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cehiopprtStarts with PEnds with C1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention

Word origin

Borrowed from Middle French prophétique, from Latin prophēticus, from Ancient Greek προφητικός (prophētikós), equivalent to prophet + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • [Ghost] But know thou noble Youth: he that did sting / Thy fathers heart, now weares his Crowne. / Ham. O my prophetike soule, my uncle! my uncle!
  • And fears are oft prophetic of the event.

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