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augury

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"Omen of the future"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/Part of speech nounSorted agruuyStarts with AEnds with Y1 clues
1A2U3G4U5R6Y

Definitions

  1. an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

Word origin

From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium.

Used in a sentence

  • 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.
  • No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!
  • Fortunately many of the younger men are keen enough to make a success of their work, and this gives a better augury for the future.

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