- Presentimental
- Presentimental Pre*sen`ti*men"tal, a. Of nature of a presentiment; foreboding. [R.] --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
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Presentimental
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presentimental — / menˈtl/ adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑presentiment … Useful english dictionary
presentimental — adjective see presentiment … New Collegiate Dictionary
presentimental — See presentiment. * * * … Universalium
presentiment — presentimental, adj. /pri zen teuh meuhnt/, n. a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, esp. something evil; foreboding. [1705 15; < F, now obs. spelling of pressentiment. See PRE , SENTIMENT] * * * … Universalium
presentiment — noun Etymology: French pressentiment, from Middle French, from pressentir to have a presentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel beforehand, from prae + sentire to feel more at sense Date: 1714 a feeling that something will or is about to happen… … New Collegiate Dictionary
presentiment — /prəˈzɛntəmənt / (say pruh zentuhmuhnt) noun a feeling or impression of something about to happen, especially something evil; a foreboding. {French (obsolete), from Latin praesentīre perceive beforehand} –presentimental /prəzɛntəˈmɛntl/ (say… …
