augurous

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɔɡərəs/ UK /ˈɔːɡərəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
of the nature of an omen; foreboding or predictive

A strange, augurous silence settled over the camp before dawn.

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Synonyms

1 adj · of the nature of an omen;... ominous foreboding portentous prophetic predictivepresaging

Word family

Related forms augur auguryauguralinaugurate

Etymology

From augur + -ous. Augur is from Latin augur, a Roman official who interpreted omens.

augur Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# augurous

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɔɡərəs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɔːɡərəs/

## Meanings
1. of the nature of an omen; foreboding or predictive

## Examples
- A strange, augurous silence settled over the camp before dawn.

## Synonyms
- ominous
- foreboding
- portentous
- prophetic
- predictive
- presaging

## Related Forms
- augur
- augury
- augural
- inaugurate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: augur

## Etymology
From augur + -ous. Augur is from Latin augur, a Roman official who interpreted omens.

## AI Etymology
augurous comes from augur + -ous. Augur is from Latin augur, a Roman official who interpreted omens. Morphologically, the word is transparent: -ous is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the adjective sense is "of the nature of an omen; foreboding or predictive", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as augur, augury, augural, inaugurate, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Latin augur, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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