Ominous

Thursday 29^th September 2016

Ominous /ˈɒmɪnəs/

Adjective

1. Foreboding evil

2. Serving as or having significance as an omen

Derived Forms

Adverb - ominously 
Noun - ominousness

Quote

Most ominous of all was the consequence of Northern anticlericalism.

David Frum’s Book Club: The Pursuit of Italy David Frum 16 March 2012 

Origin

adj.

1580’s from Latin ominosus "full of foreboding" from omen 

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