- portentousness
- noun see portentous
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portentousness
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Portentousness — Portentous Por*tent ous, a. [L. portentosus.] 1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous. [1913 Webster] For, I believe, they are portentous things. Shak. [1913 Webster] Victories of strange … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
portentousness — See portentously. * * * … Universalium
portentousness — noun The quality of being portentous See Also: portentous, portentously … Wiktionary
portentousness — por·ten·tous·ness … English syllables
portentousness — See: portentous … English dictionary
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