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premonition

pre·mo·ni·tion

UK/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/ US/ˌprɛ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

a feeling of evil to come

  • “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”
  • “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
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Origin

First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.

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