noun
- statements or utterances that are cryptic, ambiguous, or delivered in the manner of an oracle; obscure or mysterious pronouncements
Usage: formal; often used to describe pretentious or deliberately vague speech
Examples
- The professor’s oracularities left students more confused than enlightened.
- His speech was filled with oracularities that sounded profound but meant little.
- The ancient text contained numerous oracularities that scholars still debate today.
- She dismissed his oracularities as pretentious nonsense.
- The politician’s oracularities failed to address the voters’ concrete concerns.