premonitory

Borrowed from Latin praemonitōrius.

• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈmɑnɪˌtɔɹi/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtəɹi/, /pɹɪˈmɒnɪtɹi/

• Audio (Southern England):

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premonitory (not comparable)

1. Serving as a warning or premonition.
   • 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:

     […] the captain was plainly too much for the branch, which was drooping toward the water, and emitting sounds premonitory of a smash.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:premonitory.