fatidic

/feɪˈtɪdɪk/

Etymology

From Latin fātidicus, from fātum (“fate”) + dico (“to speak”). Via Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- cognate with the synonymous English prophetic.

fatidic means of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

Why this word is great

FATIDIC — [Adjective] Pertaining to prophecy; having the character of uttering fate. From Latin fātidicus, from fātum ("fate, that which is spoken") + dicere ("to say, speak"). Unlike "ominous," which suggests a menacing portent, or "predictive," which implies a data-driven forecast, fatidic is the neutral, sacerdotal act of channeling what is decreed. It is the vapor coiling from the cleft at Delphi, the precise, chilling verses of the Sibylline Books, and the quiet, unbearable certainty in a child's unscripted remark—the voice not of one who guesses, but of one through whom fate announces itself, a quiet reminder that to name a thing is to begin its journey toward being.

adj

Of or pertaining to prophecy; prophetic.“At that moment he felt quite proud of his stratagem. He was to recall it with a fatidic shiver seventeen years later [...].”