English

Interjection

absit omen

1. (rare) May what is said not come true. [First attested in the late 16^th century.]^[1]

Usage notes

• Used as a mild invocation. Absit omen is several orders of magnitude rarer than omen.

References

1. ↑ Lesley Brown (editor), The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, 5th edition (Oxford University Press, 2003 [1933], ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7), page 9