Complete Definition of "fatiloquent"

English
Etymology
From Latin fatiloquus, from fatum �fate� + ultimately loqui �speak� (modelled on eloquent, etc.).

Pronunciation
IPA: /feɪ'tɪl�kw�nt/

Adjective
fatiloquent

  1. prophetic, speaking of fate

#:*1993: He paused, adopting a pensive mien which befitted this fatiloquent observation, and I was transfixed by the thick, almost Neanderthal ridges of bone that took the place of eyebrows on his mondial head. � Will Self, My Idea of Fun

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