absit omen

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absit omen

/ˈæb.sɪt ˈoʊ.mn̩/ US

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Borrowed from Latin absit omen (“may what is said not come true”, literally “may omen be absent”).

interjection

rare May what is said not come true. Now it was very obvious we should require a much stronger Navy in the event of war, say with France and Russia—absit omen—if we were obliged to maintain our flag in the Mediterranean, than if we were to withdraw from the Mediterranean.
Similar: God forbid, heaven forfend, absit omen, heaven forbid, God forfend, lo aleinu

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@misc{absit_omen_2026,
  title = {absit omen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/absit%20omen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}