nefastous

English

Etymology

From Latin nefastus.

Adjective

nefastous (comparative more nefastous, superlative most nefastous)

  1. (rare) inauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened
    Synonyms: foreboding, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
    • 1654, Francis Rous, Zachary Bogan, Archaelogiae Atticae libri septem: Seaven books of the Attick antiquities‎[1], book 4, chapter 8, page 185:
      THE time of the yeare which they deemed most lucky to Marry in (for almost every Nation has had their nefastous time and dayes) was the first Moneth of the Winter.
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