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heraldic

9.1

Showing that something will happen

adjective
/həˈræl.dɪk/

: presagioso

Wherever we go, we Buckeyes form a roving cultural ballast whose heraldic emblem might well be Beige Field with Nothing, Couchant.

Examples

And I think the the line is in an age of affordable beauty, his lack thereof was heraldic or legendary.
She was sure she detected the unmistakably heraldic note of the beginning of a much longer story.

Fiction book (1992)
Archaeologists found the same heraldic symbol on a personal ring—perhaps as a sign of an office of the Regensburg Jewish community.

Academic text (2010)
The bright colors of the sunrise were a heraldic sign of the beautiful day to come.
The new policies were heraldic of the changes we could expect in the company's direction.
Her visit was heraldic of a new chapter in their relationship, filled with hope and possibility.

Synonyms

portentous

vsheraldic

Formal

4 8.6

A strong sign that something important or bad will happen

is less ominous and does not warn of bad events

Compounds

heraldic bearing

Specialized

9.9

A picture or symbol on a shield that shows who a family is

How Indicative

heraldic

9.1

portentous

Formal

4 8.6

indicative

64 4.7

suggestive

18 5.2

Surface Forms

heraldic positive

Morphology

heraldic = herald (semi-transparent) = herald + ic

Morphologically regular (herald + -ic), but the figurative meaning 'serving as a sign or forerunner' is a metaphorical extension that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

A helpful way to remember heraldic (in the figurative sense) is to think of a town crier or trumpet: a herald 'announces' news, so something described as heraldic signals or points to what will come.