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单词 premonition
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premonitionn.

Brit. /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃn/, /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌpriməˈnɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌprɛməˈnɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: 1500s premonicion, 1500s–1600s praemonition, 1500s– premonition; Scottish pre-1700 premonicioun, pre-1700 premonitione, pre-1700 premonitioun, pre-1700 premonitioune, pre-1700 1700s– premonition.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French prémonition; Latin praemonitio.
Etymology: < Middle French premonition , French prémonition warning (a1464 as premonicion ), presentiment, foreboding (1923) and its etymon post-classical Latin praemonitio action of forewarning, prior warning (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < classical Latin praemonit- , past participial stem of praemonēre premonish v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare Italian premonizione (1598 in Florio as premonitione ). Compare earlier premunition n.
An advance warning, a forewarning. Originally: the action of warning in advance; an advance notification of subsequent events. Now usually: a strong feeling that something is about to happen, especially something unpleasant; a presentiment or foreboding.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > warning of imminent danger or evil > [noun]
warningOE
warnishinga1400
monition?a1475
premonition1533
animadvertencec1550
preadmonition1652
animadvertisement1655
forewarning1659
premunition1693
warna1851
warnishment1894
society > communication > information > intimation or making known > [noun] > forewarn or forewarning
advertisementc1475
premonition1533
forewarning1548
premonishment?1548
animadversion1567
monition1694
1533 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 101 Efter diuers and syndry premonitiones maid be hym aifoyr concerneyng the..payment of byrone malis..the said balle warnis all and syndry tenenttis [etc.].
1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Argt. f. 8 It is necessarye to note this premonicion teaching vs how we shulde knowe the chirche of God.
1577–8 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 666 Upoun sic schort and unlauchfull premonitioun.
1615 W. Smith Hector of Germany sig. C2v That such another dreame I had last night: And if I should be cheated of my Bride, Twere a strange premonition.
1652 M. Nedham tr. J. Selden Of Dominion of Sea 465 Wee have thought good (by way of friendly premonition) to declare unto them all as followeth.
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 125 This improvident father..had besides taken no sort of pains to give him even the common premonitions.
1785 T. Reid Ess. Intellect. Powers ii. iii. 250 In the premonition to the reader prefixed to the second edition of his Optics.
1819 C. Caldwell Mem. Gen. Greene in N. Amer. Rev. (1820) Jan. 188 Nor is it often that any well defined marks of genius in the child afford a premonition of the eminence of the man.
1839 E. Sargent Velasco ii. ii. 41 Why did that sickening premonition start Into my brain, and weigh on me, as if Some inner, finer sense had felt the pang Of a sharp agony which was to come.
1869 Act 32 & 33 Victoria c. 116 §7 The lands..should be redeemable by the grantor..upon premonition of three months.
1925 Hispania 8 324 No one understands his reason, although they all seem to have a premonition of trouble.
1946 S. T. Felstead Stars who made Halls xvi. 164 Some premonition seemed to take hold of him, for on the succeeding Thursday he made his will.
1990 ‘A. Cross’ Players come Again (1992) ii. 74 I left..with a terrible premonition that no call upon rationality that night or the following day could assuage.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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