OMEN
ADJECTIVES
► MAL-OMINOUS of evil omen → 1658 obs.
► OMINAL pert. to omens; from which an omen is drawn → 1651 obs.
► OMINOUS of good omen, auspicious; fortunate → 1597 obs.
NOUNS
► ABODANCE a foretelling, prefiguring, portending, omen → c1630 obs.
► ABODEMENT a foreboding, presage, or omen → 1593 obs.
► HANDSEL ► HANSEL lucky prognostic, omen, presage, augury; a token or omen of good luck → c1200 obs.
► LUCK a sign of good or bad fortune; an omen → 1538 obs.
► LUCK SIGN an omen, an augury → 1587 obs.
► MENETEKEL a sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen → 1649
► OMINATION the act of omening or presaging; foreboding → 1589 obs.
► OOMUND a presage, presentiment, omen → .1899 Sc.
► SOOTHSAY a prediction, prognostication, or prophecy; an omen or portent → 1582
► TOKEN a sign or presage of something to come; an omen, portent, prodigy → 971 obs.
► TOKENER one who or that which portends or prognosticates; a portent, an omen → 1513 obs.
VERBS
► OMINATE 1. to prognosticate from omens; to augur, to forebode → 1582 obs.
2. to serve as an omen, to portend → 1667 obs.