Bodeful
/ˈboʊd.fəl/noun
Giving a warning of what is to come; ominous or foreboding.
Did you know?Bodeful is built on the old English verb *bōdian* (“to announce, foretell”), the same root behind *bode*—so the word itself is basically a linguistic omen.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
bōdian
“to announce, proclaim, foretell”
Old English
OE
bōd
“an announcement, command, message”
Middle English
ME
bodeful
“full of warning; ominous”
Modern English
English
bodeful
“suggesting that something bad or significant is about to happen”