abodement

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English

Etymology

From abode +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

abodement (plural abodements)

  1. (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

  1. ^ 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.
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