English Explanatory Dictionary

prophetic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.
  2. Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.
  3. Predicted, as by a prophecy.

Pronunciation

/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prophetic.wav

Word forms

prophetic prophetical prophetick

Etymology

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

Derived words

antiprophetic historicoprophetic nonprophetic preprophetic prophetically propheticism propheticness prophetic week prophetic year pseudoprophetic unprophetic
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