Definitions for augury

augury au·gu·ry

Spelling: [aw-gyuh-ree]
IPA: /ˈɔ gyə ri/

Augury is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 50 anagrams from letters in augury (agruuy).

Definitions for augury

noun

  1. the art or practice of an augur; divination.
  2. the rite or ceremony of an augur.
  3. an omen, token, or indication.

Origin of augury

1325-75; Middle English Latin augurium soothsaying, equivalent to augur augur1 + -ium -ium

Examples for augury

I hoped the augury was a true one, but there were times when I doubted.

They knew not that it was an augury of the fateful tragedy at the gates of Spain.

If the augury was propitious the work was entered upon with vigor and confidence.

When he ended Vieux Carré with the stage direction, “The house is empty now,” Lahr somberly terms it “an augury and an epitaph.”

This visit of the kind Samoset was an augury of good to the colony.

I was always superstitious, and this augury, just at that moment, affected me.

If the scales were evenly balanced the augury would be good.

This was the augury the priestess drew, and wondered greatly at the sign.

augury had promised it to him; my mother knew this, and shared his ambition.

The words had come to her as the interpretation of an augury, the fulfilment of a promise.

Word Value for augury
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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