Augury

Quick meaning: Augury is a noun meaning A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.

Meaning

A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.

More Meanings

1. (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
2. An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.

Example Sentences

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.

No augury could be hopefuller. The Fates must indeed be hard, the Ordeal severe, the Destiny dark, that could destroy so bright a Spring!

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.

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.

Word Forms

• auguries

Synonyms for augury

Depending on context, synonyms include zoomancy, sign.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sign, omen, zoomancy, theriomancy, spatulomancy, spatulamancy.

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