OMENED

Etymology

Adjective

omened (not comparable)

Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens.

Antonyms

• unomened

Anagrams

• endome

Source: Wiktionary


O"mened, a.

Definition: Attended by, or containing, an omen or omens; as, happy-omened day.

OMEN

O"men, n. Etym: [L. omen, the original form being osmen, according to Varro.]

Definition: An occurrence supposed to portend, or show the character of, some future event; any indication or action regarded as a foreshowing; a foreboding; a presage; an augury. Bid go with evil omen, and the brand Of infamy upon my name. Milton.

O"men, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Omened; p. pr. & vb. n. Omening.]

Definition: To divine or to foreshow by signs or portents; to have omens or premonitions regarding; to predict; to augur; as, to omen ill of an enterprise. The yet unknown verdict, of which, however, all omened the tragical contents. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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HEEDLESS

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