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auspicious
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Auspicious \Aus*pi"cious\, a. [See Auspice.]
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Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Auspicious union of order and freedom.
--Macaulay. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. ``Auspicious chief.''
--Dryden.-
Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. ``Thy auspicious mistress.''
--Shak. ``Auspicious gales.''
--Pope.Syn: See Propitious. [1913 Webster] -- Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv. -- Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
a. 1 Of good omen; indicating future success. 2 Conducive to success. 3 Marked by success; prosperous.
WordNet
adj. attended by favorable circumstances; "an auspicious beginning for the campaign" [ant: inauspicious]
tending to favor or bring good luck; "miracles are auspicious accidents"; "encouraging omens"; "a favorable time to ask for a raise"; "lucky stars"; "a prosperous moment to make a decision" [syn: encouraging, favorable, favourable, lucky, prosperous]
Wikipedia
Auspicious is a Latin-derived word originally pertaining to the taking of ' auspices' by the augurs of ancient Rome. It may refer to:
- Auspicious number in numerology
- Eight auspicious symbols; see Ashtamangala
- Auspicious wedding date
- In English discourse on aspects of Chinese culture, the word "auspicious" is a significant concept in:
- Chinese New Year
- Numbers in Chinese culture
- Feng shui
- The Song to the Auspicious Cloud, an anthem of the Republic of China
- In Tibetan Buddhism:
- Great Auspicious Beauty, one of the Seventeen Tantras of Menngagde
- In Thai culture:
- The Ancient and Auspicious Order of the Nine Gems; see Order of the Nine Gems
- The Most Auspicious Order of the Rajamitrabhorn; see Order of the Rajamitrabhorn
- The Auspicious Incident, an event in the history of the Ottoman Empire
Usage examples of "auspicious".
I am pleased to inform you that an even more auspicious event has occurred this fine first day of spring.
I do not know what his arrival here means yet, but certainly it is an auspicious and momentous visitation.
It was an auspicious blue, the blue of brahman, and Dasaratha felt a stirring in his heart as he walked with his mahaguru and pradhan mantri toward the gates of his palace.
Through some inexplicable turn of the wheel of samay, her husband had returned to her after a long and bitter estrangement, and her son was about to crowned prince-heir this auspicious day.
Across the capital city, identical sounds and fragrances were rising from a hundred thousand chaukats as mothers blessed their husbands and firstborns and prayed for an auspicious start to the sowing season.
The arrival of our exalted guest on the auspicious day of Holi purnima would be an occasion to celebrate with twice the customary pomp, yet other events have occurred to cast a shadow over our great city.
It was one thing to know that Rama was popular, quite another to witness this enormous display of support and joy and these auspicious omens.
But we must consider this unexpected offering an auspicious greeting for our honored guests.
It happened to be the Gayatri mantra, that most sublime of all verses, the sloka that paved the way for all auspicious beginnings.
Even he could see that the omens were all auspicious, and began to relax.
Athens, were now firmly established by the power of Rome, under whose auspicious influence the fiercest barbarians were united by an equal government and common language.
From the death of Elagabalus, it enjoyed an auspicious calm of thirteen years.
The apologies which were repeatedly addressed to the successors of Trajan are filled with the most pathetic complaints, that the Christians, who obeyed the dictates, and solicited the liberty, of conscience, were alone, among all the subjects of the Roman empire, excluded from the common benefits of their auspicious government.
The monarch awoke, interpreted the auspicious omen, and obeyed, without hesitation, the will of Heaven.
The broken army of the Goths abandoned the field of battle, the wasted province, and the passage of the Danube: and although the eldest of the sons of Constantine was permitted to supply the place of his father, the merit of the victory, which diffused universal joy, was ascribed to the auspicious counsels of the emperor himself.