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Webster 1913 Edition
Ominous
Om′i-nous
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; – formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious;
as, an
. ominous
dreadHe had a good
ominous
name to have made a peace. Bacon.
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted
– ominous
. South.
Om′i-nous-ly
, adv.
Om′i-nous-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ominous
OM'INOUS
,Adj.
1.
Foreboding or presaging evil; indicating a future evil event; inauspicious.In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous.
2.
Foreshowing or exhibiting signs of good.Though he had a good ominous name to have made peace, nothing followed.