augury
noun/ˈɔːɡjəri/
/ˈɔːɡjəri/
(plural auguries)
(literary)- a sign of what will happen in the future synonym omenWord Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘divination’): from Old French augurie or Latin augurium ‘interpretation of omens’, from augur, from Latin, ‘diviner’.
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