auspicious
Adjektivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ɔˈspɪʃ.əs//
- //ɑˈspɪʃ.əs//
Of good omen; indicating future success.
Adjektiv
- 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.
Backed by the Salsoul Orchestra, Carol's auspicious single debut, "More," was one of the very first commercially-available 12" singles and was a smash, reaching the upper regions of the disco charts in 1976.
Losing nearly a third of the heavy cruisers, including Admiral Kurita's flagship, the Atago, was not an especially-auspicious start to the operation, especially with the admiral himself having to be fished out of the water by a destroyer.
- 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 to VVife […]
Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this auſpicious Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: […]
Herkunft
From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Formen
- Komparativ
- more auspicious
- Superlativ
- most auspicious
auspicious · Of good omen; indicating future success.
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