Today's Word "auspicious"
Giving promise of success
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auspicious - \aw-SPISH-uhs\ (adjective) - 1 : Giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, "an auspicious beginning." 2 : Prosperous; fortunate; as, "auspicious years."
"She is thin, wears only auspicious ornaments, speaks slowly and haltingly, and the pale complexion of her face outdoes the moonlight of the morning." -- Harsavardhana, 'The Lady of the Jewel Necklace'
Auspicious derives from Latin auspicium, "an omen, a sign," from auspex, "one who observes or looks at the habits of birds for purposes of divination," from avis, "bird" + specere, "to look, to look at."
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