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单词 presagious
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presagiousadj.

Forms: late Middle English presagyous, 1500s–1800s presagious.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin praesāgium , -ous suffix.
Etymology: < classical Latin praesāgium presage n. + -ous suffix. Compare Middle French, French †presagieux of the nature of a presage (1564).
Obsolete.
Of the nature of a presage; ominous, portentous; experiencing or involving a presentiment or foreboding.
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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).
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