absit omen
BritishEtymology
Origin of absit omen
literally: may the (evil) omen be absent
Example Sentences
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The solitary green things I could find actually on the bank, were some sprigs of cypress: these I gathered with due formula of lustration; but the absit omen was spoken in vain.
From Border and Bastille by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
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