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premonishment

premonishment noun: previous warning or admonition; forewarning.

Noun

premonishment (countable and uncountable, plural premonishments)

  1. (archaic) Previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
    • Now , after these premonishments I will come to the Compartition it self1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC

Forms of premonishment

pluralpremonishments

Origin of premonishment

From premonish + -ment.

Questions about premonishment

What does premonishment mean?
Premonishment means previous warning or admonition; forewarning.
What part of speech is premonishment?
Premonishment is a noun.
What is the plural of premonishment?
The plural of premonishment is premonishments.

Words near premonishment in the dictionary

  1. premoney
  2. premonish
  3. premonished
  4. premonishes
  5. premonishing
  6. premonishment
  7. premonishments
  8. premonition
  9. premonitional
  10. premonitionally
  11. premonitionary

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