premonitory

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
20
Letters
11
Pronunciation
/pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/(US)
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/pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/(US) · /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/(UK) · /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtɹi/(UK)

Definition of premonitory

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Serving as a warning or premonition.
    “[…] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.”
    “Many conditions formerly thought to be purely functional are now known as premonitory evidences of organic disease, and the prognosis must be guarded accordingly.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.

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