fatiloquent

adjective /feɪˈtɪləkwənt/

1. prophetic; speaking of fate.

   He paused, adopting a pensive mien which befitted this fatiloquent observation, and I was transfixed by the thick, almost Neanderthal ridges of bone that took the place of eyebrows on his mondial head.

Where it comes from

From Latin fatiloquus, from fatum (“fate”) + ultimately loqui (“speak”) (modeled on eloquent and other such words).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry fatiloquent (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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