portent

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Something that portends an event about to occur, especially an unfortunate or evil event; an omen.

   It was a portent of things to come.

2. 2
   noun

   A portending; significance

   A howl of dire portent.

3. 3
   noun

   a sign of something about to happen

4. 4
   noun

   Something regarded as portentous; a marvel; prodigy.

Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).

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