Por-tĕnt’, n.
n. [Lat. portentum, It. & Sp. portento. See supra.] That which portends or foretokens; especially, that which portends evil; an omen of ill; a sign of coming calamity.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden.
n. [Lat. portentum, It. & Sp. portento. See supra.] That which portends or foretokens; especially, that which portends evil; an omen of ill; a sign of coming calamity.
My loss by dire portents the god foretold. Dryden.