omenedadj.

Brit.

/ˈəʊmənd/, U.S.

/ˈoʊmən(d)/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: omen n., -ed suffix².

Etymology: < omen n. + -ed suffix². Compare slightly later omen v.

Having an omen; attended by omens; ominous. Chiefly as the second element in compounds, as better-, evil-, happy-omened, etc. Cf. ill-omened adj., well-omened adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] > characterized by omens

ominous1672

omened1685

1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis ii. 3 Soon as th' ill omen'd Rumour reacht his Ear.

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 131 Soon, with consummate joy to crown his pray'r, An omen'd Voice invades his ravish'd ear.

1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 117 Hints deep-omened with unwieldy schemes, And dark portents of state.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 226 This ill-timed anecdote hastened the Master's purpose of quitting a company so evil-omened and so odious.

1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. clxxi. 198 The move of a better-omened man.

1921 V. C. White Horizons 65 Earth cries out from hid and omened places.

1989 J. Jones in H. Bloom Fyodor Dostoevsky 246 The evil-omened word listless (vyali)..dogs Stavrogin.

1998 H. C. Brichto Names of God 362 Abram is settled in the less-favored but better-omened hill country around Hebron.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	omened
释义	omenedadj. Brit. /ˈəʊmənd/, U.S. /ˈoʊmən(d)/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: omen n., -ed suffix². Etymology: < omen n. + -ed suffix². Compare slightly later omen v. Having an omen; attended by omens; ominous. Chiefly as the second element in compounds, as better-, evil-, happy-omened, etc. Cf. ill-omened adj., well-omened adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] > characterized by omens ominous1672 omened1685 1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis ii. 3 Soon as th' ill omen'd Rumour reacht his Ear. 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 131 Soon, with consummate joy to crown his pray'r, An omen'd Voice invades his ravish'd ear. 1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination iii. 117 Hints deep-omened with unwieldy schemes, And dark portents of state. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor 226 This ill-timed anecdote hastened the Master's purpose of quitting a company so evil-omened and so odious. 1860 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1861) III. clxxi. 198 The move of a better-omened man. 1921 V. C. White Horizons 65 Earth cries out from hid and omened places. 1989 J. Jones in H. Bloom Fyodor Dostoevsky 246 The evil-omened word listless (vyali)..dogs Stavrogin. 1998 H. C. Brichto Names of God 362 Abram is settled in the less-favored but better-omened hill country around Hebron. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1685
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