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Webster 1913 Edition

Portentous

Por-tent′ous

,
Adj.
[L.
portentosus
.]
1.
Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous.
For, I believe, they are
portentous
things.
Shakespeare
Victories of strange and almost
portentous
splendor.
Macaulay.
2.
Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful;
as, a beast of
portentous
size
.
Roscommon.
–
Por-tent′ous-ly
,
adv.
–
Por-tent′ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Portentous

PORTENT'OUS

,
Adj.
[L. portentosus.] Ominous; foreshowing ill. Ignorance and superstition hold meteors to be portentous.
1.
Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; in an ill sense.
No beast of more portentous size,
In the Hercynian forest lies.

Definition 2024

portentous

portentous

English

Adjective

portentous ‎(comparative more portentous, superlative most portentous)

  1. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  2. Ominously prophetic.
  3. Puffed up with vanity.

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