divinatory

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /dɪˈvɪnətɔri/ UK /dɪˈvɪnətəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
relating to or used in foretelling the future by supernatural means

The shaman cast bones in a divinatory ritual to read omens.

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Synonyms

1 adj · relating to or used in... prophetic oracularmanticprescient predictiveauguralsibylline

Word family

Related forms divine divination divinerdivinator

Etymology

From Latin divinatorius, from divinare ('to foresee, predict'), from divinus ('divine, prophetic'), from divus ('god').

divinatorius Latin divinare Latin divus Latin *deiwos Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# divinatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈvɪnətɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈvɪnətəri/

## Meanings
1. relating to or used in foretelling the future by supernatural means

## Examples
- The shaman cast bones in a divinatory ritual to read omens.

## Synonyms
- prophetic
- oracular
- mantic
- prescient
- predictive
- augural
- sibylline

## Related Forms
- divine
- divination
- diviner
- divinator

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: divinatorius
- Root: divinare
- Root: divus
- Root: *deiwos

## Etymology
From Latin divinatorius, from divinare ('to foresee, predict'), from divinus ('divine, prophetic'), from divus ('god').

## AI Etymology
Divinatory is from Latin divinatorius, from divinare ('to foresee, predict'), from divinus ('divine, prophetic'), from divus ('god'). The ancestry passes through Latin divinatorius, Latin divinare, Latin divus, and Proto-Indo-European *deiwos. In present use as an adjective, it means "relating to or used in foretelling the future by supernatural means", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include divine, divination, diviner, and divinator. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in divine, divination, diviner, and divinator, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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