Etymology and Historical Context of Oracles

It's the Word of the dayay podcast for june twenty seventh Are you really buying a car online on Autorader right now? Really? At a playground? Yeah, really. Look at these listings from dealers. Wow, your search gonna really get that specific. Really? And you just put in your info and boom. Cars in your budget. Mom needs a second, honey. You can really have it delivered? Really? orr I can pick it up at the dealership. One sack, sweetie. Mommy's buying a car I think Kid is walking up the slack. Kyle, again, really? Autorader, buuy your car online. Really Today's word is Oracular, spepelled O R A C U L A R. Oracular is an adjective. It's a formal word that can describe something used to forecast or prophesize or something that resembles or relates to something used for such purposes oracular can also describe something that resembles an oracle. person such as a priestess of ancient Greece through whom a deity is believed to speak, in this sense, an oracular statement or voice conveys wisdom or solemnity Here's the word used in a sentence from Vulture The conversation that unfolds is some of Writer Ben Lerner's most brilliant and daring writing to date. a mad, orracular burst of speech. about technology, parenthood, and dreaming that flits effortlessly between prose and poetry When the ancient Greeks had questions or problems, they would turn to the gods for answers by consulting an oracle A person through whom the gods communicated, usually in the form of cryptic verse Oracle also referred to the god's answer or to the shrine that worsippers approached When seeking advice The words root is the Latin verb orare which means to speak