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An augury is a sign of what may happen later — an . Dark clouds can be an augury of rain; a strong first week of sales can be an augury of a good year. The word can also mean the old practice of reading such signs, the art the Roman used. It is a , slightly old-fashioned word. In everyday English people say sign, , or “it looks like.” You will meet it in news commentary and in stories that want a serious or ancient flavour.
組成From augur + -y, or from Middle English augurie, from Old French augurie, from Latin augurium. The ending turns the priest or the act into the sign, or into the practice of reading signs.
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- augurthe person or the verb this noun comes from