premonition

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

  1. noun a feeling of evil to come
  2. noun an early warning about a future event

Etymology

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.

In classic literature

Synonyms

foreboding, presentiment, boding

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