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Portentous interregnum
Dismiss. Delay. Derail. Deny. Detour. Distract. Debunk. Detain. Deter. Dawdle. Dismiss. Delay. Derail. Deny. Detour. Distract. Debunk. Detain. Deter. Dawdle. Dismiss. Delay. Derail. Deny. Detour.
But the original definition of “prodigious,” now obscure, was “portentous”: relating to an omen, probably a bad one. We are still using “portentous” in that way, though it’s occasionally incorrectly ...