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Vinony

boding

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/ / /ˈboʊdɪŋ/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing.

  1. foreboding, ominous, portending.

    “[E]very sound of nature, at that witching hour, fluttered his excited imagination: the moan of the whip-poor-will from the hill side; the boding cry of the tree-toad, that harbinger of storm; […]”

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing.

  1. gerund of bode: a prediction of disaster; an omen, a portent.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English bode Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English boding From bode + -ing.

  1. present participle and gerund of bode