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Auspicious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Auspicious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

auguring favorable circumstances and good luck

"an auspicious beginning for the campaign"

2

Of good omen; indicating future success.

Related Terms
Antonyms
unfortunate

Origin

The word comes from the Latin auspicium, meaning "augury," which referred to the practice of interpreting signs from birds. It entered English through the combination of this root with the suffix -ious.

Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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