The Only Use
auspicious
in
Twelfth Night
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- you uncivil lady, To whose ingrate and unauspicious altars My soul the faithfull'st offerings hath breathed out That e'er devotion tender'd!†
p. 169.1unauspicious = not favorable; or not suggestive of good things to comestandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unauspicious means not and reverses the meaning of auspicious. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(auspicious) favorable; or suggestive of good things to come
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)