单词 | presagious |
释义 | † presagiousadj. Obsolete. Of the nature of a presage; ominous, portentous; experiencing or involving a presentiment or foreboding. 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 > premonition, presentiment > [adjective] boding1594 presaging1594 presagient1650 presagious1702 presentimental1796 presentient1814 c1487 J. Skelton tr. Diodorus Siculus Bibliotheca Historica ii. 133 By whos ingenyous operacion the presagyous dreme of Pirhius, the ymage of Apollo, was wonderly grauyn & entaylled. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Bk. Eneydos lvii And of another side, come to her remembraunce the grete iustyces and dyuynacions presagyous and auspycyous, unto her tolde. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxviii. sig. Gg1v Strange visions,..confirmed with presagious chances. c1662 Life & Death Mrs. Mary Frith 4 To be altogether as presagious in her Habit and Manners, as they were in their ambiguous and doubtfull sentences. 1663 J. Heath Flagellum (1672) 9 Nor were there any presagious dreams or fearful divinations. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi iii. iv. vii. 224/2 That Holy..Minister of the Gospel..at length grew very Presagious that his Labours..drew near unto an End. 1891 B. Wendell Cotton Mather Index 318 Presagious impressions. See Premonitions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1487 |
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