Ŏm'i-noŭs, a.
a. [Lat. ominosus, from omen, q. v.]
Sense 1. Pertaining to an omen.
Sense 2. Containing an omen; as, (a.) Foreshowing good; auspicious.
Though he had a good ominous name to have made peace, nothing followed. Bacon.
(b.) Foreboding evil; inauspicious.
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South.