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portentous (en)

(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

The Point, Issue 20
by Jon Baskin (editor)

The Point, Issue 20
by Jon Baskin (editor)

The Point, Issue 20
by Jon Baskin (editor)


The notes scrawled in the margins in my loopy high school hand proclaim such portentous platitudes as “orgasm = death,”

—p.172 The Real Lolita (171) by Becca Rothfield
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