prognosticantadj.n.

Brit.

/prɒɡˈnɒstᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S.

/prɑɡˈnɑstək(ə)nt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticant-, prognosticans, prognosticare.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticant-, prognosticans, present participle of prognosticare prognosticate v.; compare -ant suffix¹. With use as adjective compare prognosticatory adj. With use as noun compare earlier prognosticator n., prognostic n.²

A. adj.

Prognosticatory, prophetic.

ΘΚΠ

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

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predictious1631

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bodeful1813

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1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 52 As significant and prognosticant of the wrath of God, as any of these wonders.

1856 Titan Sept. 250/2 Certain theories relative to the physics of the ocean have been dragged forward by continental philosophers; who, applying them to the long-talked-of canal across the Isthmus of Darien, have rendered them prognosticant of consequences widely remote from [etc.].

1876 E. Seguin Med. Thermometry & Human Temp. x. 351 Such is the origin of our store of sapience, to which the antiquity..added little;..and which thermometry has already enriched by some prognosticant aphorisms.

1890 Pick-me-up 16 Aug. 330/1 O'er the ignorant angels of Heaven The prognosticant Baxter must crow.

2002 Interstice: Wednesday (2/7) in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Mar. King had to get some supernaturalism in there somewhere, with his everyman protagonist..gaining some mysterious prognosticant power when he touched someone.

2012 P. Heller Dog Stars (2013) 29 Fingered We Die Alone..which was creepily prognisticant in the title only.

B. n.

A person who or thing which provides a prognosis or forecast, a prognosticator.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts

forquidder?c1225

prophet?c1225

prognosticator1552

foreshower1555

foreteller1580

forepointer1587

avant-courier1611

predicter1641

predictor1641

prognostic1653

prognostes1654

prophecy-monger1655

foreboder1687

boder1692

prognosticant1880

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

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signa1387

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prognosticc1425

prophetc1430

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ostentationa1450

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prodigy?a1450

augurationc1450

preparative1460

prenosticate?a1475

prenosticative?a1475

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tokener1513

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proffer1548

presagition?c1550

foreshower1555

presage1560

portent1562

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presagie1581

omen1582

presagement1586

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presager1591

halfner1594

spae1596

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oss1600

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bodement1613

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boder1846

prognosticant1880

sky sign1880

1880 Cincinnati Med. Advance Jan. 56 In a great majority of diseases a skillful prognosticant can predict with a certain degree of certainty, the probable length of time a patient can live.

1926 Bee (Danville, Va.) 24 Sept. 4/2 (headline) The prognosticants are brought low.

1976 J. E. Sambrooks & M. J. MacCulloch in H. J. Eysenck Case Stud. Behaviour Therapy xiv. 314 Positive slopes, long latencies in later sessions and irregularity between temporally related latencies were bad prognosticants for outcome in AA aversion therapy.

1989 Practitioner 22 Feb. 212/3 A random glucose estimation at this point may also be a better prognosticant of gestational diabetes than routine urine testing.

1995 G. Newlin Everyone in Dickens III. vi. 247 Godfather... Nicodemus Dumps; dour prognosticant for a Kitterbell [in Sketches by Boz].

1999 A. Walsham Providence in Early Mod. Eng. vi. 298 There was no sorer punishment, no more sinister ‘prognosticant’, than spiritual insensibility and sin.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prognosticant
释义	prognosticantadj.n. Brit. /prɒɡˈnɒstᵻk(ə)nt/, U.S. /prɑɡˈnɑstək(ə)nt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin prognosticant-, prognosticans, prognosticare. Etymology: < post-classical Latin prognosticant-, prognosticans, present participle of prognosticare prognosticate v.; compare -ant suffix¹. With use as adjective compare prognosticatory adj. With use as noun compare earlier prognosticator n., prognostic n.² A. adj. Prognosticatory, prophetic. 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 1619 Bp. J. King Serm. Publicke Thanks-giuing 52 As significant and prognosticant of the wrath of God, as any of these wonders. 1856 Titan Sept. 250/2 Certain theories relative to the physics of the ocean have been dragged forward by continental philosophers; who, applying them to the long-talked-of canal across the Isthmus of Darien, have rendered them prognosticant of consequences widely remote from [etc.]. 1876 E. Seguin Med. Thermometry & Human Temp. x. 351 Such is the origin of our store of sapience, to which the antiquity..added little;..and which thermometry has already enriched by some prognosticant aphorisms. 1890 Pick-me-up 16 Aug. 330/1 O'er the ignorant angels of Heaven The prognosticant Baxter must crow. 2002 Interstice: Wednesday (2/7) in alt.tv.x-files.creative (Usenet newsgroup) 8 Mar. King had to get some supernaturalism in there somewhere, with his everyman protagonist..gaining some mysterious prognosticant power when he touched someone. 2012 P. Heller Dog Stars (2013) 29 Fingered We Die Alone..which was creepily prognisticant in the title only. B. n. A person who or thing which provides a prognosis or forecast, a prognosticator. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > [noun] > one who predicts forquidder?c1225 prophet?c1225 prognosticator1552 foreshower1555 foreteller1580 forepointer1587 avant-courier1611 predicter1641 predictor1641 prognostic1653 prognostes1654 prophecy-monger1655 foreboder1687 boder1692 prognosticant1880 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 1880 Cincinnati Med. Advance Jan. 56 In a great majority of diseases a skillful prognosticant can predict with a certain degree of certainty, the probable length of time a patient can live. 1926 Bee (Danville, Va.) 24 Sept. 4/2 (headline) The prognosticants are brought low. 1976 J. E. Sambrooks & M. J. MacCulloch in H. J. Eysenck Case Stud. Behaviour Therapy xiv. 314 Positive slopes, long latencies in later sessions and irregularity between temporally related latencies were bad prognosticants for outcome in AA aversion therapy. 1989 Practitioner 22 Feb. 212/3 A random glucose estimation at this point may also be a better prognosticant of gestational diabetes than routine urine testing. 1995 G. Newlin Everyone in Dickens III. vi. 247 Godfather... Nicodemus Dumps; dour prognosticant for a Kitterbell [in Sketches by Boz]. 1999 A. Walsham Providence in Early Mod. Eng. vi. 298 There was no sorer punishment, no more sinister ‘prognosticant’, than spiritual insensibility and sin. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1619
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