premonish
/priːˈmɒnɪʃ
/verb [with object] rare
Inform (someone) of a possible future danger or problem; forewarn.Every traveller is premonished by the oft-repeated advertisement that 'baggage is at the risk of the owner'....
- The United States, he premonished, could not hope to remain an island of democracy in a totalitarian sea.
- We premonish both ourselves and others, that no single visit should exceed a quarter of an hour.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Latin praemonere 'forewarn' with the ending altered after the pattern of admonish.
- notion store
- notitia
- not just any ——
- Notkerian
- not know from nothing
- not know if one is coming or going
- not know one is born
- not know one's arse from one's elbow
- not know shit
- not know shit from Shinola
- not know someone from a bar of soap
- not know someone from Adam
- not know that
- not know the first thing about
- not know the meaning of the word
- not know what hit one
- not know what to do with oneself
- not know where (or which way) to look
- not know where to put oneself
- not know which way (or where) to turn
- not least
- not let the grass grow under one's feet
- not-life
- not likely!
- not like the look (or sound) of