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Definition of Portentousness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Portentousness
Literary usage of Portentousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"The supposed portentousness of the event was further magnified by the occurrence
of a lunar eclipse at Constantinople. Again, the Great Plague of London was ..."
2. The Popular Science Monthly (1887)
"... and the power of bells over them, as well as the portentousness of comets and
the movement of the heavens by angels. He dwells especially, too, ..."
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