单词 | predictious |
释义 | † predictiousadj. Obsolete. Regarding which predictions may be made; prophetic; portentous, ominous. 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 1631 F. Quarles Hist. Samson §4 19 The greedy Cormorant; Th' indulgent Pelican; the predictious Crow. a1644 F. Quarles Shepheards Oracles (1646) x. 117 There's great talk about A strange predictious Star, long since found out By learned Ticho-brachy [= Tycho Brahe]. 1647 R. Baron Εροτοπαιγνιον iii. 44 Come Falcon, and Vulture too, With the predictious Crow, Jay that ever talke, Griping Goshawke, Keep companie With mee. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1631 |
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