presentiment
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noun \pri-ˈzen-tə-mənt\Definition of PRESENTIMENT
: a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition
— pre·sen·ti·men·tal \-ˌzen-tə-ˈmen-təl\ adjective
See Examples of PRESENTIMENT
- <a nagging presentiment of danger>
Origin of PRESENTIMENT
French pressentiment, from Middle French, from pressentir to have a presentiment, from Latin praesentire to feel beforehand, from prae- + sentire to feel — more at sense
First Known Use: 1714
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- Synonyms
- foreboding, presage, premonition, prognostication
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