English English Dictionary
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Auspicious.
Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
of Auspice
Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious.
Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.
The south wind.
Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
Severely; rigidly; sternly.
Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
Severity; strictness; austerity.
of Austerity
Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Augustinian; as, Austin friars.