a. (Law) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen. ] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious;
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ L. ominosus, fr. omen. See Omen. ] Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant; portentous; -- formerly used both in a favorable and unfavorable sense; now chiefly in the latter; foreboding or foreshowing evil; inauspicious;
He had a good ominous name to have made a peace. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the heathen worship of God, a sacrifice without a heart was accounted ominous. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
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