bodement

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • noun An omen; portent; prognostic; a foreshowing: as, “sweet bodements!”

Examples

  • That clinging mist seemed of evil bodement for our expedition.

    The Roof of France

  • As they recovered from the effects of his bodement, the people left the theatre, their minds full of indefinite dread.

    The fair god, or, The last of the 'Tzins

  • I wish indeed for the glad sympathy of my people, for I think that our Saviour turning water into wine at the wedding, was an example set that we should rejoice and be merry at the fulfilment of one of the great obligations imposed on us as social creatures; and I have ever regarded the unhonoured treatment of a marriage occasion as a thing of evil bodement, betokening heavy hearts and light purses to the lot of the bride and bridegroom.

    The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family

Note

The word 'bodement' comes from 'bode' ("announce") +‎ '-ment'.