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omenic

omenic adjective: having the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.

Adjective

omenic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Having the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
    • This scene impressed us all with its omenic signification, so that we could scarcely wonder that Isolita in her great sorrow received it as a presage of vehicular translation, to be treasured as a token of animus visitations from her departed unity in the flesh.1877, R. Elton Smile [pseudonym; Elton Romeo Smilie], chapter XXXIII, in The Manatitlans; or A Record of Scientific Explorations in the Andean La Plata, S.A., Buenos Ayres: Imprenta De Razon...
    • Ancient people, and numerous moderns considered the omenic aspects of a dream, the Fragmentations of a Dream Foretold, a manuscript he had once seen was called.2001, William Gwin, The Night Watchman, Xlibris Corporation, page 78

Synonyms of omenic

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Origin of omenic

From omen + -ic.

Questions about omenic

What does omenic mean?
Omenic means having the quality of an omen; carrying ominous or prophetic significance.
What part of speech is omenic?
Omenic is an adjective.

Words near omenic in the dictionary

  1. Omelia
  2. Omelias
  3. omen
  4. omena
  5. omened
  6. omenic
  7. omening
  8. omenings
  9. omenless
  10. Omenn syndrome
  11. omenology

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