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bodement

American  
[bohd-muhnt] / ˈboʊd mənt /

noun

  1. a foreboding or omen; presentiment.

  2. a prophecy or prediction.

Etymology

Origin of bodement

First recorded in 1595–1605; bode 1 + -ment

Example Sentences

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I am silent: this however is an evil bodement.

From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides

List, then, as I shall speak: and grant the dreams Whose two-fold apparition I to-night Have seen, if good their bodement, be fulfilled: If hostile, turn their influence on my foes.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

Upon the whole he was not without a bodement that it would be folly to press on.

From The Well-Beloved by Hardy, Thomas

That clinging mist seemed of evil bodement for our expedition.

From The Roof of France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

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