Definition of Omens

1. Noun. (plural of omen) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of omen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omens

1. omen [v] - See also: omen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omens

omegala
omegas
omegasome
omegoid
omeiite
omelet
omelet pan
omelets
omelette
omelette Arnold Bennett
omelette pan
omelettes
omen
omened
omening
omens (current term)
omenta
omental
omental branches
omental bursa
omental cake
omental enterocleisis
omental graft
omental sac
omental tenia
omental tuber
omentectomy
omentitis
omento-
omentofixation

Literary usage of Omens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities by Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge, Leonard William King (1908)
"omens derived from the condition of the ears of a sick man. [K. 4080 + Sm. 552.] No. 4. omens derived from the events which take place in a city. ..."

2. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"A superstitious regard to omens seems anciently to have made very considerable additions to the common load of human infelicity. ..."

3. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences by New York Academy of Sciences (1917)
"The greater number of omens noted by the Bagobo as significant are ... A number of conditions observable in natural phenomena are interpreted as omens. ..."

4. Social life of the Chinese: With Some Account of Their Religious by Justus Doolittle (1866)
"CHARMS AND omens. Charms or Amulets to expel or keep away evil Spirits and ... Miscellaneous omens for Good or Evil: Magpie.—Crow.—Coming of a Dog. ..."

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