ominousnessn.

Brit.

/ˈɒmɪnəsnəs/, U.S.

/ˈɑmənəsnəs/

Forms: see ominous adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ominous adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < ominous adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or fact of being of ominous or of ill omen.

ΘΚΠ

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

ominousness1606

portent1630

inauspiciousness1652

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 79 Avoyding and eschewing nought else..but the unluckie ominousnesse [δυσϕημίαν] of the name.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 704 Such deluges of rain, as disgraced the shew, and heightned the opinion of the ominousness of this Embassy.

1860 Harper's Mag. Aug. 339/1 The classic ominousness that lies in birds by name.

1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. iii. 128 His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness.

1936 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 30 733 Cuba for the first time in seven years may be said to have a completely constitutional government. The future, however, is not thereby freed of ominousness.

1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 6 Feb. a4/1 It takes guitarist John Christ's tick-tock guitar picking and undercuts it with the ominousness of Eerie Von's deep-throated bass chords.

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

单词	ominousness
释义	ominousnessn. Brit. /ˈɒmɪnəsnəs/, U.S. /ˈɑmənəsnəs/ Forms: see ominous adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ominous adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < ominous adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or fact of being of ominous or of ill omen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action > portending evil ominousness1606 portent1630 inauspiciousness1652 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 79 Avoyding and eschewing nought else..but the unluckie ominousnesse [δυσϕημίαν] of the name. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 704 Such deluges of rain, as disgraced the shew, and heightned the opinion of the ominousness of this Embassy. 1860 Harper's Mag. Aug. 339/1 The classic ominousness that lies in birds by name. 1878 T. Hardy Return of Native II. iii. iii. 128 His mother's taciturnity was not without ominousness. 1936 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 30 733 Cuba for the first time in seven years may be said to have a completely constitutional government. The future, however, is not thereby freed of ominousness. 1993 Albuquerque (New Mexico) Jrnl. 6 Feb. a4/1 It takes guitarist John Christ's tick-tock guitar picking and undercuts it with the ominousness of Eerie Von's deep-throated bass chords. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1606
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