<adj.pert> able by oracular means to expose a witch
obscurely prophetic
<adj.all> Delphic pronouncements an oracular message
resembling an oracle in obscurity of thought
<adj.all> the oracular sayings of Victorian poets so enigmatic that priests might have to clarify it an enigmatic smile
Oracular \O*rac"u*lar\, a. [L. oracularius. See {Oracle}.] 1. Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.
2. Resembling an oracle in some way, as in solemnity, wisdom, authority, obscurity, ambiguity, dogmatism.
They have something venerable and oracular in that unadorned gravity and shortness in the expression. --Pope. ※ -- {O*rac"u*lar*ly}, adv. -- {O*rac"u*lar*ness}, n.