premonition

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English

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Etymology

Mid 15th century, 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən/, /ˌprɛ-/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • enPR: prĕm'ə-, prē'mə-nĭshʹən
  • Rhymes: -ɪʃən

Noun

premonition (plural premonitions)

  1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
    Synonym: vision
  2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
    Synonyms: bad feeling, foreboding, gut feeling, hunch, (informal) second sight

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References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “premonition”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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