augury
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augury
- /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/
Where it comes from
From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.
noun auguries
- A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
- An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. In Wordsworth's first preludings there is but a dim foreboding of the creator of an era. From Southey's early poems, a safer augury might have been drawn.
- An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. Evidently he did not mean to be a mere figurehead, but to carry on the old tradition of Wilsthorpe's; and that was considered to be a good thing in itself and an augury for future prosperity.
Similar: zoomancy
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noun
Similar: zoomancy
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noun divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals
| Español | augurio, presagio, agüero |
|---|---|
| Português | augúrio |
| Français | augure |
| Deutsch | Prophezeiung, Vorzeichen |
| Italiano | augurio |
| Ελληνικά | οιωνοσκοπία oionoskopía |
| Română | augur, auspiciu |
| العربية | تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر tawassum aṭ-ṭayr |
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