omenic

omenic

English

Etymology

omen +‎ -ic

Adjective

omenic (not comparable)

1. (rare) Having the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.

   Synonym: portentous

   • 1877, R. Elton Smile, chapter 1, in The Manatitlans; Or a Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A.‎, page 445:

     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.

   • 2001, William Gwin, The Night Watchman, Xlibris Corporation, page 78:

     Ancient people, and numerous moderns considered the omenic aspects of a dream, the Fragmentations of a Dream Foretold, a manuscript he had once seen was called.

   • 2009, Lee Murphy, Get That Kid Outta Here...!, AuthorHouse, page vii:

     Still, despite the advantage of a mind formidable beyond the hours and minutes of my new life, I could not yet fully grasp the omenic meaning of Japan's occupation of Shanghai, or how 6-million unemployed Germans and the Nazis would help lead a march toward world war.

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