Omenic

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance. not-comparable, rare

    "This scene impressed us all with its omenic signification, so that we could scarcely wonder that Isolita in her great sorrow received it as a presage of vehicular translation, to be treasured as a token of animus visitations from her departed unity in the flesh."

Example

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"This scene impressed us all with its omenic signification, so that we could scarcely wonder that Isolita in her great sorrow received it as a presage of vehicular translation, to be treasured as a token of animus visitations from her departed unity in the flesh."

Etymology

From omen + -ic.

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