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augurous

adj
/ˈɔːɡəɹəs/UK/ˈɔɡəɹəs/US/ˈɑɡəɹəs/

Etymology

From augur + -ous.

  1. borrowed from augur
  2. suffixed as augurous — “augur + ous”

Definitions

  1. Full of augury

    Full of augury; foreboding.

    • [S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]
    • The Mikado had gotten the preceding season off to an exhilarating, augurous start.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA