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inauspicious, a.|ɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs|
[f. in-3 + auspicious.]
Not auspicious, not of good omen; of unfavourable presage, foreboding evil; ill-omened, unlucky, unfortunate.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. v. iii. 111 O here Will I..shake the yoke of inauspicious starres From this world-wearied flesh. a1635Naunton Fragm. Reg. (Arb.) 19 It was an unthrifty and inauspitious war. 1638Cowley Love's Riddle v. i, On that Trees Top an inauspicious Crow Foretold some ill to happen. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) II. i. §1. 192, I begin this inauspicious Work, which my ill Stars and you have assign'd me. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. xxiv. (1869) I. 695 The appearances of the victims threatened the most inauspicious events. 1828D'Israeli Chas. I, II. ii. 55 Many inauspicious rumours were bruited among the people. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. App. ii. 310 A tardy and inauspicious season. |