portentionn.

Brit.

/pɔːˈtɛnʃn/, U.S.

/pɔrˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1600s–1800s portension, 1600s– portention.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin portention- , portentio ; Latin portent- , portendere , -ion suffix¹.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin portention-, portentio a portent (a1658), or independently < classical Latin portent-, past participial stem of portendere portend v.¹ + -ion suffix¹. Compare portending n., and earlier portentious adj.

The action of portending; a portent, an omen.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action

tokeningc888

omination1589

portending1590

portention1617

portendment1626

portendance1644

augury1654

preomination1660

omening1796

1617 L. Digges tr. Claudian Rape Proserpine i. sig. B3 With portentions ominous And giddie hurrie, through the blasted ayre, Presag'd the Rape of Proserpine the fayre.

1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 289 Why although the red Comets do carry the portensions of Mars, the brightly white should not be of the influence of Jupiter or Venus,..is not absurd to doubt.

1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland III. vii. viii. 73 My Commander..had never before experienced the Effect of such an alarming Portention.

1783 J. Cave Poems Var. Subj. 123 But ah! it leaves us not one glimpse of hope, More than portention in its voice is heard.

1876 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 15 Nov. The clouds of war now lean over him with even more fearful portensions.

1964 Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune 12 Apr. 10/3 His topic [in a speech at the Society of Petroleum Engineers] will be ‘Exploration Evolution—Perspective and Portention.’

1994 Denver Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. a1 Despite the grim portentions of an economy where people scrap for employment that may pay less and offer less security, there's a brighter side of the coin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portention
释义	portentionn. Brit. /pɔːˈtɛnʃn/, U.S. /pɔrˈtɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1600s–1800s portension, 1600s– portention. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin portention- , portentio ; Latin portent- , portendere , -ion suffix¹. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin portention-, portentio a portent (a1658), or independently < classical Latin portent-, past participial stem of portendere portend v.¹ + -ion suffix¹. Compare portending n., and earlier portentious adj. The action of portending; a portent, an omen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action tokeningc888 omination1589 portending1590 portention1617 portendment1626 portendance1644 augury1654 preomination1660 omening1796 1617 L. Digges tr. Claudian Rape Proserpine i. sig. B3 With portentions ominous And giddie hurrie, through the blasted ayre, Presag'd the Rape of Proserpine the fayre. 1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xiv. 289 Why although the red Comets do carry the portensions of Mars, the brightly white should not be of the influence of Jupiter or Venus,..is not absurd to doubt. 1752 W. Goodall Adventures Capt. Greenland III. vii. viii. 73 My Commander..had never before experienced the Effect of such an alarming Portention. 1783 J. Cave Poems Var. Subj. 123 But ah! it leaves us not one glimpse of hope, More than portention in its voice is heard. 1876 Oakland (Calif.) Daily Evening Tribune 15 Nov. The clouds of war now lean over him with even more fearful portensions. 1964 Great Bend (Kansas) Tribune 12 Apr. 10/3 His topic [in a speech at the Society of Petroleum Engineers] will be ‘Exploration Evolution—Perspective and Portention.’ 1994 Denver Post (Nexis) 25 Oct. a1 Despite the grim portentions of an economy where people scrap for employment that may pay less and offer less security, there's a brighter side of the coin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1617
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