A sign or portent of coming evil.
| 单词 | θ129038 |
| 释义 | the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil (14) warningc1325 A sign or portent of coming evil. portent1562 A sign, indication, or omen of a momentous or calamitous event which is about to happen. urchin showa1616 urchin blast1637 menetekel1649 A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin, n. omening1796 A foreboding, a prognostication; the action of predicting bad luck. Also as the second element in compounds, as ill-omening (cf. ill-omened, adj.). mene mene tekel1840 A sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen; = mene mene tekel upharsin, n. fate1850 That which is destined or fated to happen. In etymological sense: An oracle or portent of doom. Subcategories:— of death or extinction (1) — screech-owl, portending death (2) — piece of coal, portending death (2) — candle-grease, portending doom (1) |
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