prophetic

adj
/pɹəˈfɛtɪk/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from prophēticus
  2. borrowed from prophétique

Definitions

  1. Having the ability to prophesize

    Having the ability to prophesize; prescient.

    • [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!
  2. Of, or relating to a prophecy or a prophet.

  3. Predicted, as by a prophecy.

    • And fears are oft prophetic of the event.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at prophetic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at prophetic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at prophetic

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA