premonition

Meaning

Noun

  • A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
  • A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

Origin

  • Mid 15th century, from Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem, form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (English pre-) + moneō (from which English monitor).
  • Compare Germanic forewarning.

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