'Portentousness' definitions:

Definition of 'Portentousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Portentous \Por*tent"ous\, a. [L. portentosus.]
  • 1. Of the nature of a portent; containing portents; foreshadowing, esp. foreshadowing ill; ominous. [1913 Webster]
  • For, I believe, they are portentous things. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Victories of strange and almost portentous splendor. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence: Monstrous; prodigious; wonderful; dreadful; as, a beast of portentous size. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster] -- {Por*tent"ous*ly}, adv. -- {Por*tent"ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Words containing 'Portentousness'