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auspicious

UK/ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/US/ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/
adjectiveC1Occasional — familiar, but not everyday · #10,487 of 15,258neutral

Auspicious means promising well for the future. An auspicious start, an auspicious date, less than auspicious.

Choosing an auspicious date for a wedding or a business opening is a live practice across South and East Asia, and astrologers are consulted seriously. The word comes from Roman augury, where an auspex read the future in the flight of birds.

Definitions of auspicious

  1. 1adjectiveauspiciousPromising well for the future.C1

    “Winning the first game was an auspicious start to the season.”

auspicious is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin auspicium means bird-watching, from avis, a bird, plus specere, to look — Roman augury.

  1. Proto-Indo-European

    *speḱ-

  2. Latin

    auspicium — augury

  3. English, today

    auspicious

Built from

  • auspex · Latin — augur

From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French -.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

auspicious in the wild

  • Auspicious wedding dates refer to auspicious, or lucky, times to get married, and is a common belief among many cultures.

    Auspicious wedding dates

  • The nine auspicious Thai desserts are desserts used in Thailand for traditional ceremonies such as weddings or housewarmings because of their positive connotations.

    Nine auspicious Thai desserts

  • Thong yot, also known as "gold egg-yolks drops", is a Thai dessert and one of the nine auspicious traditional Thai desserts.

    Thong yot

  • Chinese auspicious ornaments form part of Chinese culture and hold symbolic meanings.

    Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

  • In ancient China, auspicious ornaments were often either embroidered or woven into textile and clothing.

    Chinese auspicious ornaments in textile and clothing

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the auspicium family

auspiciousauspices

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