inauspicate

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English

Etymology

From Latin inauspicatus; prefix in- (not) + auspicatus, past participle auspicari. Equivalent to in- +‎ auspicate.

Pronunciation

Adjective

inauspicate (comparative more inauspicate, superlative most inauspicate)

  1. (obsolete) inauspicious
    Synonyms: foreboding, portentous; see also Thesaurus:ominous
    • 1619, George Buck, The History of King Richard the Third:
      And this was the successe of his first invasion, which though it bore an inauspicate face, it proved of a friendly event

References

Latin

Adjective

inauspicāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of inauspicātus