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aus⋅pi⋅cious

  [aw-spish-uhs]
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–adjective
1. promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
2. favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.
Origin:
1600–10; < L auspici(um) auspice + -ous

Related forms:
aus⋅pi⋅cious⋅ly, adverb
aus⋅pi⋅cious⋅ness, noun
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aus·pi·cious   (ô-spĭsh'əs)   
adj.  
  1. Attended by favorable circumstances; propitious: an auspicious time to ask for a raise in salary. See Synonyms at favorable.
  2. Marked by success; prosperous.
aus·pi'cious·ly adv., aus·pi'cious·ness n.
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Auspicious

Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See Auspice.]

1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.

Auspicious union of order and freedom. --Macaulay.

2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." --Dryden.

3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." --Shak. "Auspicious gales." --Pope.

Syn: See Propitious. -- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : auspicious
Spanish: auspicioso, favorable, propicio,
German: günstig,
Japanese: さい先のよい
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auspicious 
1596 (implied in auspiciously), "of good omen," from L. auspicium "divination by observing the flight of birds," from auspex (gen. auspicis) "augur," lit. "one who takes signs from the flight of birds," from PIE *awi-spek- "observer of birds," from *awi- "bird" + *spek- "to see." Connection between birds and omens also is in Gk. oionos "bird of prey, bird of omen, omen," and ornis "bird," which also could mean "omen." Auspice (usually pl.) "influence exerted on behalf of someone or something" is from 1637.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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