boding
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊdɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdɪŋ/
- Rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -əʊdɪŋ, (General American) -oʊdɪŋ
- Hyphenation: bod‧ing
Adjective[edit]
boding (comparative more boding, superlative most boding)
- foreboding, ominous, portending.
- 1820 March 5, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number VI, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 65:
- [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[edit]
boding (plural bodings)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
boding
- present participle and gerund of bode
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