See oracular in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "dvusmýslennyj",
"sense": "ambiguous, hard to interpret",
"word": "двусмы́сленный"
}
],
"word": "oracular"
}
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