presentiment
a feeling that something will happen
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The ball ended in the early evening, and Jennie persuaded her mother to ask Randolph back to dinner. Before the night was over he told a friend that he meant to marry "the dark one". Jennie, too, told her sister that she had a PRESENTIMENT she would marry Randolph."
(Lord Randolph Churchill to Jennie Jerome - from "Famous Love Letters, Messages of Intimacy and Passion, Edited by Ronald Tamplin)
(Lord Randolph Churchill to Jennie Jerome - from "Famous Love Letters, Messages of Intimacy and Passion, Edited by Ronald Tamplin)
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Pre-sent-i-ment
Presentiment comes from the Latin praesentire, "to feel beforehand," from prae-, "before" + sentire, "to feel."
It means: "A sense that something will or is about to happen".
Presentiment comes from the Latin praesentire, "to feel beforehand," from prae-, "before" + sentire, "to feel."
It means: "A sense that something will or is about to happen".
