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auspiciousness

[aw-spish-uhs] Origin

aus·pi·cious

[aw-spish-uhs]
adjective
1.
promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable: an auspicious occasion.
2.
favored by fortune; prosperous; fortunate.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin auspici(um) auspice + -ous

aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
aus·pi·cious·ness, noun
un·aus·pi·cious, adjective
un·aus·pi·cious·ly, adverb
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auspicious (ɔːˈspɪʃəs)
 
adj
1.  favourable or propitious
2.  archaic prosperous or fortunate
 
usage  The use of auspicious to mean `very special' (as in this auspicious occasion) should be avoided
 
aus'piciously
 
adv
 
aus'piciousness
 
n

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Word Origin & History

auspicious
1590s, "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."
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