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augurous

UK/ˈɔːɡəɹəs/US/ˈɔɡəɹəs/

augurous adjective: full of augury; foreboding.

Adjective

augurous (comparative more augurous, superlative most augurous)

  1. (uncommon) Full of augury; foreboding.
    • [S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […][1611?], Homer, “The XVIII. Booke of Homers Iliads”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC, page 258
    • The library movement made an augurous start in India but the momentum can only be kept through the concerted efforts of the Indian Library Association, educators, central and state governments, and municipalities, for elevating the status of professional librarian.1967, Indian Librarian, volume 22, page 77

Synonyms of augurous

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Forms of augurous

comparativemore augurous
superlativemost augurous
alternative formaugurious

Origin of augurous

From augur + -ous.

Questions about augurous

What does augurous mean?
Augurous means full of augury; foreboding.
What part of speech is augurous?
Augurous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce augurous?
Augurous is pronounced /ˈɔːɡəɹəs/ (UK).

Words near augurous in the dictionary

  1. augurists
  2. augurize
  3. augurized
  4. augurizes
  5. augurizing
  6. augurous
  7. augurs
  8. augurship
  9. augurships
  10. augury
  11. august

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