premonitory
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.
Pronunciation
edit- (US) IPA(key): /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/, /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
editpremonitory (not comparable)
- Serving as a warning or premonition.
- 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
- […] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.
Derived terms
editTranslations
editserving as warning
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