Both Uses of
portentous
in
As I Lay Dying
- The sun, an hour above the horizon, is poised like a bloody egg upon a crest of thunderheads; the light has turned copper: in the eye portentous, in the nose sulphurous, smelling of lightning.†
Chpt 10 *
- From here they are no more than specks, implacable, patient, portentous.†
Chpt 21
Definition:
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(portentous) very important; or indicating something important in the future
or:
acting overly important or serious