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Auspicious

//ɔˈspɪʃ.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of good omen; indicating future success.

    "It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine."

  2. 2
    Conducive to success.

    "This is an auspicious day."

  3. 3
    Marked by success; prosperous.

    "Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, novv our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this vvarlike State, / Haue vve, as ’tvvere, vvith a defeated ioy, / VVith one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / VVith mirth in Funerall, and vvith Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale vveighing Delight and Dole / Taken to VVife […]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    auguring favorable circumstances and good luck wordnet

Etymology

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

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