presage
/ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An intuition of a future event; a presentiment.
Example Sentences
- "Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword."
- "Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!"
- "If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […]"
- "That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past."
Etymology
From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/