obnounce

intransitive verb

ob·​nounce

-ed/-ing/-s

: to tell of an ill omen

Word History

Etymology

Latin obnunciare, obnuntiare, literally, to announce, from ob- to, toward + nunciare, nuntiare to report, relate

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