Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

augurous

/ˈɔɡəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-gurous
IPA: /ˈɔɡəɹəs/

9

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Full of augury; foreboding.

Example Sentences

"[S]o feard / The faire-man’d horſes, that they flew, backe, and their chariots turn’d, / Preſaging in their augurous hearts, the labours that they mourn’d / A little after; […]"
"The library movement made an augurous start in India but the momentum can only be kept through the concerted efforts of the Indian Library Association, educators, central and state governments, and municipalities, for elevating the status of professional librarian."
"The Mikado had gotten the preceding season off to an exhilarating, augurous start."

Etymology

From augur + -ous.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: augur

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɔɡəɹəs/
British English: /ˈɔːɡəɹəs/

Inflected Forms

more augurous (comparative) most augurous (superlative) augurious (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

augural

Synonyms

inauspicious portentous augurous baleful bodeful boding dire disastrous divine fatal foreboding ill-boding

Questions

How do you pronounce augurous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔɡəɹəs/.
What does augurous mean?: Full of augury; foreboding.
Where does augurous come from?: From augur + -ous.

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