nefastous

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nefastous

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From Latin nefastus.

adjective more nefastous · most nefastous

rare inauspicious, disastrous, ill-omened 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.
Similar: foreboding, portentous, augurous, baleful, bodeful, boding, dire, disastrous, divine, fatal, ill-boding, ill-fated

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@misc{nefastous_2026,
  title = {nefastous},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nefastous},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}