portentn.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtɛnt/,

/ˈpɔːt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrˌtɛnt/

Forms: 1500s portente, 1500s– portent, 1600s portend.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin portentum.

Etymology: < classical Latin portentum portent, sign, omen, prodigy, monster, marvellous tale, use as noun of neuter of past participle of portendere portend v.¹ Compare (all in sense 2) Middle French, French †portente (1477), Catalan portent (1696), Spanish portento (1584), Portuguese portento (c1539), Italian (c1340).The stress was originally on the second syllable, and this stress pattern is found until the 19th cent. Stress on the first syllable is found from the early 18th cent. (Pope's verse, for example, shows both stress patterns.)

a. A sign, indication, or omen of a momentous or calamitous event which is about to happen.

ΘΚΠ

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

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prognosticc1425

prophetc1430

prognostication?a1439

ostentationa1450

prenostication?a1450

prodigy?a1450

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preparative1460

prenosticate?a1475

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proffer1548

presagition?c1550

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bespeaker1624

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pre-indicant1659

foreshadow1834

boder1846

prognosticant1880

sky sign1880

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil

warningc1325

portent1562

urchin showa1616

urchin blast1637

menetekel1649

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mene mene tekel1840

fate1850

1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 24 The contempt heirfor of this smal enteres to science..I coniecturit to be ane gret portent and foretaiking of ignorance and ma confusit errouris..schortlie to cum.

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 969/1 A strange portente and a prodigious token from heauen, in the yeare of our Lord .1501.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 268 And there appear'd a huge portent, A Dragon with a bloody skale, horride to sight, and sent To light by great Olympius.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 488 As false portents, not sent from God, but thee.

1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 39 Of Prodigies, and Portents seen in Air.

1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv. 160 The judgments which the portents of these days but too speakingly denounce against thy house.

1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxx. 264 Portents and miracles impeach Our sloth.

1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 73 Such portents shook the soul of Rome.

1892 A. Bierce Tales of Soldiers & Civilians 280 In every breeze he heard the whispers of malign deities... Every cloud was a portent signifying disaster.

1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xv. 274 They've [sc. comets] been portents and symbols of heavenly wrath and warnings that the end is at hand.

1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo vii. 175 The rumour had gone the rounds that there would be great signs and portents before the year was out.

b. The fact or quality of portending; ominousness.

ΘΚΠ

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

ominousness1606

portent1630

inauspiciousness1652

1630 W. Davenant Cruell Brother ii. i. sig. D3^v What accident of dire portent is fallne?

1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 346 Where the owle And yelling Screitch, (full of portent and Fate) Late kept.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 242 A greater Omen, and of worse portent, Did our unwary Minds with fear torment.

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 372 A mighty Dragon shot, of dire Portent; From Jove himself the dreadful Sign was sent.

1781 J. Delap Royal Suppliants iv. 60 Forgive thy servant, who upon his king Charges whate'er may seem of ill portent.

1801 Times 12 Aug. 1/1 The Pantomime commences with an Eclipse of the Sun, which the Chinese regard to be replete with dire portent.

1865 F. Parkman Huguenots iii, in Pioneers of France in New World 28 A cloud of black and deadly portent was thickening over France.

1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxii. 244 Horace could feel Snopes watching him, with that sense of portent which had come over the wire.

1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart i. 56 It was Penegashega..who said the multiple birth was an omen of grave portent for the Shawnees.

c. In weakened sense: a natural sign or indicator (as of coming weather, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > phenomenon indicating coming weather

portent1725

weather-sign1856

1725 R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husbandry 148 Upon the setting of such a Constellation, there will be either a South Wind, or a West Wind, or dry Weather, or sometimes wet Weather, which shews their Portents are not infallible.

1861 Times 11 Jan. 9/5 There was a very heavy rime last night, and, taking this in connexion with the fog and other portents, the weather-wise look for an early break up of the frost.

1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 37 Lowering with portents of rain.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. viii. 193 She was not so familiar with the portents of the land.

1950 Times 13 Apr. 5/4 At cricket matches we still wait on, in defiance of all the portents, when the rain has only too obviously set in for the day.

1981 C. Francis Commanding Sea i. 8 Even after receiving a forecast and checking the barometer, I find I still search the sky for weather portents, just as sailors have done since the beginning of time.

2. A prodigy, a wonder, a marvel; something exceptional or extraordinary. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder

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marvelc1300

marvellingc1400

wonderelc1440

signc1450

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wonderment1542

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portent1607

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prodigy1616

magnale1623

magnality1646

mirable1646

phenomenon1741

gaping-stock1817

reacher1825

stunner1829

buster1833

caution1834

merry-go-rounder1838

knock-down1843

astonisher1871

marvelry1874

mazer1876

phenom1881

whizzer1888

knock-out1892

whizz1908

doozy1916

doozer1930

heart-stopper1940

blockbuster1942

ooh-ah1957

mind-blower1968

stonker1987

1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. v. sig. K3 The mere portent of nature. Hee is an vtter stranger, to my loynes.

1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 422 L. Antony, the portent and disgrace of his species.

1756 W. Stukeley Philos. Earthquakes iii. 5 These portents of nature [sc. earthquakes] always hapen in a calm, in dry weather.

1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1877) 671 Frederic was not one of these brilliant portents.

1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 31 If you talk of portents, what portent can be greater than a pious notary?

1881 Academy 19 Mar. 202 That portent the ‘general reader’ will find this book entertaining.

1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio i. v. 86 You are..a portent in a fight.

Derivatives

porˈtentful adj. portentous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective]

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prognostical?a1450

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portentful1633

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ominating1663

bodeful1813

portentious1863

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] > of evil omen

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ill-bodinga1616

unauspiciousa1616

portentful1633

ill-aboding1635

ill-omened1685

1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 5) 1189 There are bred those portentfull Comets and exhalations,..out of which, fantasticall heads picke fanaticall meanings.

1823 W. C. Wentworth Australasia 4 While onward stalking in terrific state He loom'd portentful of impending fate.

2002 Contest results–Watman in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 12 Mar. Let's have a little insane cackling... Or at least, something more..portentful and shadowy.

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

单词	portent
释义	portentn. Brit. /ˈpɔːtɛnt/, /ˈpɔːt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpɔrˌtɛnt/ Forms: 1500s portente, 1500s– portent, 1600s portend. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin portentum. Etymology: < classical Latin portentum portent, sign, omen, prodigy, monster, marvellous tale, use as noun of neuter of past participle of portendere portend v.¹ Compare (all in sense 2) Middle French, French †portente (1477), Catalan portent (1696), Spanish portento (1584), Portuguese portento (c1539), Italian (c1340).The stress was originally on the second syllable, and this stress pattern is found until the 19th cent. Stress on the first syllable is found from the early 18th cent. (Pope's verse, for example, shows both stress patterns.) 1. a. A sign, indication, or omen of a momentous or calamitous event which is about to happen. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] foretokenc888 tokeningc888 beaconc950 token971 handsela1200 boding1297 wonder1297 bodec1374 signa1387 foreboding1387 prenostica1393 prognosticc1425 prophetc1430 prognostication?a1439 ostentationa1450 prenostication?a1450 prodigy?a1450 augurationc1450 preparative1460 prenosticate?a1475 prenosticative?a1475 prodige1482 prenosticature1490 tokener1513 weird1513 show token1535 luck1538 prognosticate1541 preamble1548 proffer1548 presagition?c1550 foreshower1555 presage1560 portent1562 ostent1570 presagie1581 omen1582 presagement1586 luck sign1587 augury1588 prognosticon1588 forerunner1589 presager1591 halfner1594 spae1596 abode1598 oss1600 assign1601 augur1603 bodement1613 predictiona1616 prognosticala1618 bespeaker1624 portender1635 pre-indicant1659 foreshadow1834 boder1846 prognosticant1880 sky sign1880 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > of evil warningc1325 portent1562 urchin showa1616 urchin blast1637 menetekel1649 omening1796 mene mene tekel1840 fate1850 1562 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1888) I. 24 The contempt heirfor of this smal enteres to science..I coniecturit to be ane gret portent and foretaiking of ignorance and ma confusit errouris..schortlie to cum. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 969/1 A strange portente and a prodigious token from heauen, in the yeare of our Lord .1501. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 268 And there appear'd a huge portent, A Dragon with a bloody skale, horride to sight, and sent To light by great Olympius. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iv. 488 As false portents, not sent from God, but thee. View more context for this quotation 1715 A. Pope Temple of Fame 39 Of Prodigies, and Portents seen in Air. 1764 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto iv. 160 The judgments which the portents of these days but too speakingly denounce against thy house. 1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles vi. xxx. 264 Portents and miracles impeach Our sloth. 1845 H. B. Hirst Poems 73 Such portents shook the soul of Rome. 1892 A. Bierce Tales of Soldiers & Civilians 280 In every breeze he heard the whispers of malign deities... Every cloud was a portent signifying disaster. 1951 ‘J. Wyndham’ Day of Triffids xv. 274 They've [sc. comets] been portents and symbols of heavenly wrath and warnings that the end is at hand. 1995 E. Toman Dancing in Limbo vii. 175 The rumour had gone the rounds that there would be great signs and portents before the year was out. b. The fact or quality of portending; ominousness. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [noun] > act or action > portending evil ominousness1606 portent1630 inauspiciousness1652 1630 W. Davenant Cruell Brother ii. i. sig. D3^v What accident of dire portent is fallne? 1637 G. Daniel Genius of Isle 346 Where the owle And yelling Screitch, (full of portent and Fate) Late kept. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 242 A greater Omen, and of worse portent, Did our unwary Minds with fear torment. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 372 A mighty Dragon shot, of dire Portent; From Jove himself the dreadful Sign was sent. 1781 J. Delap Royal Suppliants iv. 60 Forgive thy servant, who upon his king Charges whate'er may seem of ill portent. 1801 Times 12 Aug. 1/1 The Pantomime commences with an Eclipse of the Sun, which the Chinese regard to be replete with dire portent. 1865 F. Parkman Huguenots iii, in Pioneers of France in New World 28 A cloud of black and deadly portent was thickening over France. 1931 W. Faulkner Sanctuary xxii. 244 Horace could feel Snopes watching him, with that sense of portent which had come over the wire. 1992 A. W. Eckert Sorrow in our Heart i. 56 It was Penegashega..who said the multiple birth was an omen of grave portent for the Shawnees. c. In weakened sense: a natural sign or indicator (as of coming weather, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > study or science of weather > [noun] > weather prediction > phenomenon indicating coming weather portent1725 weather-sign1856 1725 R. Bradley Surv. Anc. Husbandry 148 Upon the setting of such a Constellation, there will be either a South Wind, or a West Wind, or dry Weather, or sometimes wet Weather, which shews their Portents are not infallible. 1861 Times 11 Jan. 9/5 There was a very heavy rime last night, and, taking this in connexion with the fog and other portents, the weather-wise look for an early break up of the frost. 1868 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) II. 37 Lowering with portents of rain. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. viii. 193 She was not so familiar with the portents of the land. 1950 Times 13 Apr. 5/4 At cricket matches we still wait on, in defiance of all the portents, when the rain has only too obviously set in for the day. 1981 C. Francis Commanding Sea i. 8 Even after receiving a forecast and checking the barometer, I find I still search the sky for weather portents, just as sailors have done since the beginning of time. 2. A prodigy, a wonder, a marvel; something exceptional or extraordinary. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > quality of inspiring wonder > [noun] > a marvel, object of wonder wonderc700 wonderinga1100 selcouthc1175 sellya1200 ferlyc1275 wondernessc1275 wonder thingc1290 adventurec1300 marvelc1300 marvellingc1400 wonderelc1440 signc1450 admiration1490 wonderment1542 wondering stockc1555 miracle-worker1561 singularity1576 stupor mundi1587 miracle1595 marvellation1599 portent1607 astonishment1611 prodigy1616 magnale1623 magnality1646 mirable1646 phenomenon1741 gaping-stock1817 reacher1825 stunner1829 buster1833 caution1834 merry-go-rounder1838 knock-down1843 astonisher1871 marvelry1874 mazer1876 phenom1881 whizzer1888 knock-out1892 whizz1908 doozy1916 doozer1930 heart-stopper1940 blockbuster1942 ooh-ah1957 mind-blower1968 stonker1987 1607 B. Jonson Volpone iv. v. sig. K3 The mere portent of nature. Hee is an vtter stranger, to my loynes. View more context for this quotation 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero II. x. 422 L. Antony, the portent and disgrace of his species. 1756 W. Stukeley Philos. Earthquakes iii. 5 These portents of nature [sc. earthquakes] always hapen in a calm, in dry weather. 1842 T. B. Macaulay Frederic the Great in Ess. (1877) 671 Frederic was not one of these brilliant portents. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. i. 31 If you talk of portents, what portent can be greater than a pious notary? 1881 Academy 19 Mar. 202 That portent the ‘general reader’ will find this book entertaining. 1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio i. v. 86 You are..a portent in a fight. Derivatives porˈtentful adj. portentous. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] prognosticate?a1425 prognostical?a1450 prognostaticc1475 portentousc1487 presagiousc1487 prodigiousc1487 prodigial1548 portending1560 augural1568 presaging1592 ominous1593 boding1594 portentive1594 prognostic1603 presageful1606 prognosticous1607 ostentful1608 prognosticant1619 predictious1631 portentful1633 ominal1651 ominating1663 bodeful1813 portentious1863 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] > of evil omen portentousc1487 shrewd1577 sinister1579 luckless1584 fatal1590 portentive1594 inauspicious1599 misboding1607 mal-ominous1612 ill-bodinga1616 unauspiciousa1616 portentful1633 ill-aboding1635 ill-omened1685 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (iii. 5) 1189 There are bred those portentfull Comets and exhalations,..out of which, fantasticall heads picke fanaticall meanings. 1823 W. C. Wentworth Australasia 4 While onward stalking in terrific state He loom'd portentful of impending fate. 2002 Contest results–Watman in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet newsgroup) 12 Mar. Let's have a little insane cackling... Or at least, something more..portentful and shadowy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1562
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