auspicious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ UK /ɔːˈspɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

adj

Meanings

1

adj
giving promise of success; favourable

They chose an auspicious date for the wedding.

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Synonyms

1 adj · giving promise of success;... favorable promising propitious fortunate opportune encouraging timely lucky

Opposites

inauspicious unfavorable ominous unlucky unpromisingill-fated

Word family

Derived forms auspiciouslyauspiciousness

Related forms auspiceauspex

Etymology

From Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at').

auspicium Latin avis Old French specere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

# auspicious

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

## Meanings
1. giving promise of success; favourable

## Examples
- They chose an auspicious date for the wedding.

## Synonyms
- favorable
- promising
- propitious
- fortunate
- opportune
- encouraging
- timely
- lucky

## Antonyms
- inauspicious
- unfavorable
- ominous
- unlucky
- unpromising
- ill-fated

## Derived Forms
- auspiciously
- auspiciousness

## Related Forms
- auspice
- auspex

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: auspicium
- Root: avis
- Root: specere

## Etymology
From Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at').

## AI Etymology
Auspicious is from Latin auspicium ('divination by observing birds') + -ous; from auspex ('bird-watcher, diviner'), itself from avis ('bird') + specere ('to look at'). Important recorded forms include auspicium (Latin), avis (Latin), and specere (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers giving promise of success; favourable. The wider family includes derived forms such as auspiciously and auspiciousness and related words such as auspice and auspex.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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