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Stage 1 of 2
auspicium
Latin · ancient
"the practice of bird-watching for omens"
literally bird-watching, from avis (bird) and specere (to look), a Roman method of divination
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Stage 2 of 2
auspicious
English · 1590s
"showing signs of future success"
broadened from favorable omens read from birds to anything promising
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