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Word: portent (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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Usage:

...some portent, great and dread, were near...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A THUNDER SHOWER. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

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Normalized population density for word "portent" throughout decades:

1870s : 0.8907
1880s : 0.1795
1910s : 0.1595
1920s : 1.5390
1930s : 1.5248
1940s : 1.6825
1950s : 1.0059
1960s : 1.4305
1970s : 1.1547
1980s : 0.7863
1990s : 0.5361
2000s : 0.6910
2010s : 0.7606