auspicious
English
Etymology
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Adjective
auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)
- Of good omen; indicating future success.
- Conducive to success.
- Synonyms: favourable, favorable, promising, propitious, fortunate, lucky
- This is an auspicious day.
- Marked by success; prosperous.
- c. 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene ii], lines 8–14, page 153, column 2:
- Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, now our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this warlike State, / Haue we, as ’twere, with a defeated ioy, / With one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / With mirth in Funerall, and with Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale weighing Delight and Dole / Taken to Wife […]
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Translations
indicating future success
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