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portent

por·tent

UK/ˈpɔɹtənt/ US/ˈpɔːtɛnt/ uncommon

noun

1.

a sign of something about to happen

  • “he looked for an omen before going into battle”
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Borrowed from Latin portentum, participle of portendere, from portendō (“to predict, to foretell”).

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