† unauspiciousadj.
Obsolete.
= inauspicious adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [adjective] > inauspicious
traversanta1500
ominous1589
inauspicious1599
unpropitious1613
unauspiciousa1616
obscene1656
traversary1851
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adjective] > of evil omen
portentousc1487
shrewd1577
sinister1579
luckless1584
fatal1590
portentive1594
inauspicious1599
misboding1607
mal-ominous1612
ill-bodinga1616
unauspiciousa1616
portentful1633
ill-aboding1635
ill-omened1685
a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) v. i. 111 To whose ingrate, and vnauspicious Altars My soule the faithfull'st offrings haue breath'd out. View more context for this quotation
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) ii. 1. 200 Some unauspitious Aspects of the Heavens.
1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iv Seo. Haste, and break off your unauspicious Rites: The instant Dangers summon you away.
1768 Woman of Honor II. 232 To consummate so unauspicious a sacrifice as that must be.
Derivatives
Obsolete.† unauˈspiciously adv. Obsolete
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > lack of promise > [adverb] > inauspiciously
foulc1450
unpropitiously1602
inauspiciously1684
unauspiciouslya1797
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > an omen, sign, portent > [adverb] > in a portentous manner, ominously
prodigiously?1550
darkly1597
portentously1656
inauspiciously1684
unauspiciouslya1797
bodingly1811
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) III. x. 276 A Minister so unauspiciously seconded by fortune.
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