oracular \aw-RAK-yuh-ler\, adjective:
1. Ambiguous; obscure.
2. Of the nature of, resembling, or suggesting an oracle.
3. Giving forth utterances or decisions as if by special inspiration or authority.
4. Uttered or delivered as if divinely inspired or infallible; sententious.
5. Portentous; ominous.
"If you want me to understand, you'll have to be less oracular," Daisy said, patience wearing thin.
-- Carola Dunn, Mistletoe and Murder
His demurrals, disclaimers, and protestations of ignorance were completely ineffective. Whatever guess he was finally strong-armed into hazarding was received as oracular.
-- Deborah Eisenberg, Twilight of the Superheroes
Oracular comes from the Latin word oracle, meaning "a message from god." The suffix -ar forms an adjective from a noun, like the word lunar.
神諭\ AW-哈伊馬角的YUH-LER\，形容詞：
1。含糊;晦澀。
2。的性質，類似或暗示的Oracle。
3。給予提出特殊的靈感或授權，如果言論或決定。
4。說出或交付作為神聖的或萬無一失;簡潔的。
5。夜郎自大;不祥。
“如果你想我明白了，你一定要少神諭，”菊花說，耐心穿著單薄。
- 卡羅拉鄧恩，槲寄生和謀殺
他demurrals，免責聲明，和無知的抗議是完全無效的。任何猜測，他終於到hazarding強武裝作為神諭收到。
- 德博拉·艾森伯格，黃昏的超級英雄
神諭來自拉丁美洲甲骨文字，意思是“來自上帝的訊息。”後綴-AR形成了一個從名詞的形容詞，像字月球。
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