premonition
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- //ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən//
- //ˌprɛ-//
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
sostantivo
- 1
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
- 2
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
The sinister face of Dr. Bauerstein recurred to me unpleasantly. A vague suspicion of everyone and everything filled my mind. Just for a moment I had a premonition of approaching evil.
Etimologia
First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.
Forme
- plurale
- premonitions
premonition · A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
Prentiss · A surname.preoccupied · Concerned with something else; distracted; giving one's…prep · Preparation.