Dictionary

augury en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/
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Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
2. (broadly, countable, uncountable) 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. 1850, James Russell Lowell, The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe/Volume 1/Edgar A. Poe:
   • 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. 1950 August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 549:
   • No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring! 1859, George Meredith, chapter 15, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
3. (countable, uncountable) 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. 1928, Lawrence R. Bourne, chapter 2, in Well Tackled!:

Forms

Deriveds

augurious

Hyponyms

ichthyomancy · felidomancy · hippomancy · myrmomancy · ailuromancy · alectryomancy · ophiomancy · ornithomancy · entomomancy · myomancy · arachnomancy · auspice

Relateds

augur

Synonyms

zoomancy

Translations (47)

bg предсказание (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · la auspicium (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · mk га́тање (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · es augurio (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · gd frìth (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · it presagio (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · it augurio (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · mk претсказа́ние (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · sv förebud (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · tr alâmet (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · fi eläimistä ennustaminen (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · de Prophezeiung (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · fa اغر (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · tr işaret (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · pt agouro (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · te శాకునము (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · ang hwatu (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ro augur (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · ro augur (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · mk пре́дзнак (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · fr augure (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ro auspiciu (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · sv järtecken (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · el οιωνοσκοπία (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · pt augúrio (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · es agüero (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · ro semn (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · tr kehanet (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · it predizione (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · fr augure (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · sv varsel (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ota فال (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · de Vorzeichen (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ota كبزه (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · de Vorzeichen (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · es presagio (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · ro piază (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · el οιωνός (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · it augurio (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ota اوغور (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · bg гадание (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals) · bg предчувствие (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · tr alâmet (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · fa مروا (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · fi ennustus (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · de Omen (an omen or prediction; a foreboding) · ar تَوَسُّم الطَّيْر (divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals)