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单词 presentimental
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presentimentaladj.

Brit. /prᵻˌsɛntᵻˈmɛntl/, /prᵻˌzɛntᵻˈmɛntl/, U.S. /prᵻˈsɛntᵻˈmɛn(t)l/, /prᵻˈzɛntᵻˈmɛn(t)l/, /prəˈsɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/, /prəˈzɛn(t)əˈmɛn(t)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: presentiment n., -al suffix1.
Etymology: < presentiment n. + -al suffix1.
Of the nature of, expressing, or conveying a presentiment.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [adjective]
boding1594
presaging1594
presagient1650
presagious1702
presentimental1796
presentient1814
1796 S. Cullen Castle of Inchvally II. i. 9 I am sick at heart, yet am utterly unable to tell how or why; unless they be..presentimental sensations forerunning some approaching calamity.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 242 The affecting beauty of the death of Cawdor and the presentimental speech of the King.
1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xiii. 111 Amelia..thought, somehow, it was a mysterious and presentimental bell.
1893 H. P. Liddon et al. Life E. B. Pusey I. viii. 159 In Pusey's feeling about Spencer there is something presentimental.
1907 Publ. Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 22 204 It is but natural for a nineteenth century critic to interpret it as an embodiment of conscience, or..as a presentimental hallucination.
1990 M. Forster Lady's Maid xvi. 244 I was uneasy..but when I said so she told me I was being presentimental and that it was too early in her pregnancy to do any harm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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