abodement
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Noun
abodement (plural abodements)
- (obsolete) A foreboding; an omen. [Attested from the late 16th century to the mid 17th century.][1]
- 1591, Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part III, Act IV, Scene vii:
- Tush, man, abodements must not now affright us ...
References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abodement”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.