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augural

augural adjective: prophetic.

Adjective

augural (comparative more augural, superlative most augural)

  1. prophetic

Forms of augural

comparativemore augural
superlativemost augural

Origin of augural

From Latin augurālis. By surface analysis, augur + -al.

Questions about augural

What does augural mean?
Augural means prophetic.
What part of speech is augural?
Augural is an adjective.

Words near augural in the dictionary

  1. augre
  2. augres
  3. Augsburg
  4. Augsburger
  5. augur
  6. augural
  7. augurate
  8. augurated
  9. augurates
  10. augurating
  11. auguration

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