# auspicious

Pronunciation: say "aw-SPISH-uhs" US /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/, UK /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/

## Adjective

1. Suggesting or favorable to future success; giving a sign that things will go well.
   - Simple: Showing that something is likely to go well, or a good time to do something.
   - _The film's sold-out opening weekend was an auspicious debut for the young director._
   - _Losing the keys before we had even left the driveway was hardly an auspicious beginning to the road trip._
2. Marked by success and good fortune; prosperous.
   - Simple: Full of success and good luck.
   - _The company looked back on an auspicious decade in which its profits tripled._
   - _During the queen's long and auspicious reign, trade and the arts flourished._

## Origin

Latin auspex ("augur") gave auspicium ("augury"), the source of auspice, and the word was formed from auspice + -ious, possibly with French as a go-between.

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