Category:Portentous

Por*tent"ous, a. Etym: [l. portentosus.]

1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreschadowing, Esp. foreschadowing ill; ominous. For, i believe, they are portentous things. Shak. Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor. Macaulay.

2. Hence: monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of Portentous size. Roscommon. -- por*tent"ous*ly, adv. -- por*tent"ous*ness, n.