auspicious
adjective/ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
/ɔːˈspɪʃəs/
(formal)- showing signs that something is likely to be successful in the future synonym promising
- an auspicious start to the new school year
- It was an auspicious date for a wedding.
- Their first meeting was hardly auspicious.
- It was not a very auspicious beginning to his new career.
- We waited for an auspicious moment to make our request.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAuspicious is used with these nouns:- beginning
- day
- occasion
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from auspice (from French, or from Latin auspicium, from auspex ‘observer of birds’, from avis ‘bird’ + specere ‘to look’) + -ous.Definitions on the go
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