Etymology

dire

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Today it means: Warning of bad consequences: ill-boding; portentous. Full definition →

Latin dīrus
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromdīrus“fearful, ominous”
  2. English todaydire

Borrowed from Latin dīrus (“fearful, ominous”).

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