omen
Roget category 512
4. Words relating to the intellectual faculties› 4.6. Extension of thought
›› 4.6.2. To the future
#512.
Omen
noun
omen,
portent,
presage,
prognostic,
augury,
auspice —
sign
etc.
(indication)
550 —
harbinger
etc.
(precursor)
64 —
yule candle†.
bird of ill omen —
signs of the times —
gathering clouds —
warning
etc.
668.
prefigurement
etc.
511.
adjective
ill-boding.
phrase
auspicium melioris aevi [Lat.].
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