Word of the Day (Saturday September 13, 2008) auspicious \aw-SPISH-uhs\, adjective: Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/a14LG 1. Giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, "an auspicious beginning." 2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, "auspicious years." But as Saturday fell on a very auspicious day in the Chinese calendar, every hotel in Nanjing was booked for weddings. -- Seth Kaplan with Craig S. Smith, "Adventure the Chinese Way", New York Times, May 3, 2000 The hard truth of fire management is that the conditions most auspicious for a "prescribed burn," in which dangerously dense pine forests are purged of combustible debris, are not so very different from those that can lead to a devastating wildfire. -- George Johnson, "Planned Blaze Close Cousin of a Wildfire", New York Times, May 12, 2000 The priest studied the birth stars of husband and wife, and chose the most auspicious date for a groundbreaking ceremony, a chilly day in April. -- Alastair Gordon, "Raj Style Takes the Silk Road to the Suburbs", New York Times, January 27, 2000 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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