monition
English
WOTD – 26 November 2011
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman monicion, Middle French monicion, and their source, Latin monitiō (“warning, admonition”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /məˈnɪʃn̩/
Noun
monition (plural monitions)
- A caution or warning. [from 14th c.]
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 191-192:
- I heard something of it, however, and, young as I was, could not help wondering how men who carried the worst passions of life into their retreat, could imagine that retreat was a refuge from the erosions of their evil tempers, the monitions of conscience, and the accusations of God.
- 1890, Henry James, The Tragic Muse:
- He cherished the usual wise monitions, such as that one was not to make a fool of one's self and that one should not carry on one's technical experiments in public.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 191-192:
- A legal notification of something. [from 15th c.]
- A sign of impending danger; an omen. [from 15th c.]
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:
- I recognise the first ambiguous monitions of the destiny which afterwards so fully overshadowed me.
- 1839, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘William Wilson’:
Synonyms
- (caution or warning): caution, exhortation, warning
Related terms
Translations
caution or warning
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legal notification
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