'portentous' in Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory

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(adjective) of, relating to, or constituting a portent / (adjective) eliciting amazement or wonder; prodigious / (adjective) being a grave or serious matter / (adjective) self-consciously solemn or important; pompous / (adjective) ponderously excessive

Throughout March, one portent after another had made the Armenians of north-west Syria apprehensive

—p.164 The Battle for Kessabh (163) missing author

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portentous (en)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

portentous (en)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)

Granta 131: The Map is Not the Territory
by Sigrid Rausing (editor)