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ominousness|ˈɒmɪnəsnɪs|
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality of being ominous, or of presaging good or (more usually) evil to come.
1606Holland Sueton. 79 Avoyding and eschewing..but the unluckie ominousnesse of the name. a1715Burnet Own Time (ed. 3) II. 410 Such deluges of rain, as disgraced the shew, and heightned the opinion of the ominousness of this embassy. 1878T. Hardy Ret. Native II. iii. iii. 128 His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness. |