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auspitious

auspitious is the obsolete spelling of auspicious.

Meaning of auspicious

Adjective

auspicious (comparative more auspicious, superlative most auspicious)

  1. Of good omen; indicating future success.
    • It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 130
  2. Conducive to success.
    • This is an auspicious day.
  3. Marked by success; prosperous.
    • Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, novv our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this vvarlike State, / Haue vve, as ’tvvere, vvith a defeated ioy, / VVith one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / VVith mirth in Funerall, and vvith Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale vveighing Delight and Dole / Taken...c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    Synonyms:
    lucky, fortunate

Forms of auspitious

comparativemore auspitious
superlativemost auspitious

Questions about auspitious

What is auspitious the obsolete spelling of?
Auspitious is the obsolete spelling of auspicious.

Words near auspitious in the dictionary

  1. auspicial
  2. auspicing
  3. auspicious
  4. auspiciously
  5. auspiciousness
  6. auspitious
  7. Ausserberg
  8. Aussey
  9. Ausseys
  10. Aussie
  11. Aussie battler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auspitious (page history and authors); auspicious (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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