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noun
1.
anything perceived or happening that is believed to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future; portent.
2.
a prognostic.
3.
prophetic significance; presage: a bird of ill omen.
verb (used with object)
4.
to be an omen of; portend.
5.
to divine, as if from omens.
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Omened
is always a great word to know.
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Origin:
1575–85; < Latin ōmen
1575–85; < Latin ōmen
Related forms
un·o·mened, adjective
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Word Origin & History
omen
1582, from L. omen "foreboding," from Old L. osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear."
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