Augury

//ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come wordnet
  3. 3
    An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. broadly, countable, uncountable

    "In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn."

  4. 4
    An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. countable, uncountable

    "Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity."

Etymology

From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.

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