auspicious

<font size="-1" face="arial, helvetica"> <p> <strong> <font color="#000066">Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for April 9, 2023 is:</font> </strong> </p> <p> <strong>auspicious</strong> &#149; \aw-SPISH-us\&nbsp; &#149; <em>adjective</em><br /> <p>Something described as <em>auspicious</em> is full of promise, showing or suggesting that future success or good results are likely. <em>Auspicious</em> can also mean “attended by good fortune.”</p> <p>// The young musician’s <em>auspicious</em> debut album reveals her songwriting as already more accomplished than that of artists twice her age and stature. </p> <p>// The high school gymnast had quite the <em>auspicious</em> year, taking gold or silver in nearly every competition. </p> <p><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/auspicious">See the entry ></a></p> </p> <p> <strong>Examples:</strong><br /> <p>“[Bassist, Ron] Carter turned 85 on May 4. To celebrate the milestone, he held a concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall, performing with three different ensembles. … An elegant man of demure stature, Carter couldn’t have picked a more appropriate venue for this <em>auspicious</em> occasion than Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage. From the first song of the night with his Golden Striker Trio, it was evident that the audience had come not just for jazz, but for Black American classical music.” — Matthew Allen, <em>TheGrio.com</em>, 11 May 2022</p> </p> <p> <strong>Did you know?</strong><br /> <p>Some word knowledge to crow about in your next <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tweetstorm">tweetstorm</a>: <em>auspicious</em> comes from Latin <em>auspex</em>, which literally means “bird seer” (from the words <em>avis</em>, meaning “bird,” and <em>specere</em>, meaning “to look at”). In ancient Rome, these “bird seers” were priests or <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/augur">augurs</a> who studied the flight and feeding patterns of birds, then delivered p