augury

au·gu·ry

noun \ˈȯ-gyə-rē, -gə-\

plural au·gu·ries

Definition of AUGURY

1

: divination from auspices or omens; also : an instance of this

2

: omen, portent

Examples of AUGURY

1. <a yearbook augury that of all the graduates, he would be the most likely to succeed>
2. <some people believe that a broken mirror is an augury of seven years' bad luck>

First Known Use of AUGURY

14th century

Related to AUGURY

Synonyms: auguring, prediction, bodement, cast, forecast, forecasting, foretelling, predicting, presaging, prognosis, prognostic, prognosticating, prognostication, prophecy (also prophesy), soothsaying, vaticination

Related Words: foreboding, harbinger, omen, portent, prevision, prospectus, sign; anticipation, foreknowledge; foresight; conjecture, guess, surmise

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Other Occult Terms

censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith

Rhymes with AUGURY

doggery