propitious
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius (“favorable, well-disposed, kind”). Compare French propice, Portuguese propício and Spanish propicio.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]propitious (comparative more propitious, superlative most propitious)
- Favorable; benevolent.
- Synonym: favorable
- Antonym: unpropitious
- propitious weather
- Advantageous.
- Synonym: advantageous
- Characteristic of a good omen.
- Synonyms: auspicious, fortunate, promising
- 2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times[1]:
- But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her book to propitious signs that this can happen — indeed is happening.
- (archaic) Favorably disposed towards someone.
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]favorable; benevolent
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advantageous
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characteristic of a good omen: auspicious
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Further reading
[edit]- “propitious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “propitious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “propitious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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