AUSPICIAL
Aus*pi"cial, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious. [R.]
AUSPICIOUS
Aus*pi"cious, a. Etym: [See Auspice.]
1. Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.
2. Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years. "Auspicious chief." Dryden.
3. Favoring; favorable; propitious; — applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.
Syn.
— See Propitious.
— Aus*pi"cious*ly, adv.
— Aus*pi"cious*ness, n.
AUSTER
Aus"ter, n. Etym: [L. auster a dry, hot, south wind; the south.]
Defn: The south wind. Pope.
AUSTERE
Aus*tere", Etym: [F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. Sear.]