augury, sign, foretoken, preindication
(noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come; “he hoped it was an augury”; “it was a sign from God”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
augury (countable and uncountable, plural auguries)
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
• See also omen
• ailuromancy, felidomancy (cats)
• alectryomancy (chickens)
• arachnomancy (spiders)
• auspice (birds)
• entomomancy (insects)
• hippomancy (horses)
• ichthyomancy (fish)
• myomancy (mice)
• myrmomancy (ants)
• ophiomancy (snakes)
• zoomancy (any animal)
Source: Wiktionary
Au"gu*ry, n.; pl. Auguries (. Etym: [L. aucurium.]
1. The art or practice of foretelling events by observing the actions of birds, etc.; divination.
2. An omen; prediction; prognostication; indication of the future; presage. From their flight strange auguries she drew. Drayton. He resigned himself . . . with a docility that gave little augury of his future greatness. Prescott.
3. A rite, ceremony, or observation of an augur.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
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