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portent

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
portent /ˈpɔːtɛnt, -t(ə)nt/

▶noun

1 a sign or warning that a momentous or calamitous event is likely to happen.
■ future significance.

2 literary an exceptional or wonderful person or thing.

– origin C16: from L. portentum ‘omen, token’.

'portent' also found in these Oxford entries:

beacon - bode - monster - omen - portentous - presage - prodigy

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