portentous

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

  1. Of momentous or ominous significance.
  2. Ominously prophetic.
  3. Puffed up with vanity.

Phát âm là (IPA)
/pɔː(ɹ)ˈtɛntəs/
Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

Of multiple origins: * Borrowed from Latin portentōsus, from portentus (“predicted”) + -ōsus. Compare earlier portentuous (via Middle English from Latin portentuōsus). By surface analysis, portent + -ous. * Borrowed from French portentueux

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