Posted on 12/21/2009 5:14:19 AM PST by xsmommy
Word For The Day, Monday, 12/21/09
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
augur; verb/noun
–noun 1. one of a group of ancient Roman officials charged with observing and interpreting omens for guidance in public affairs. 2. soothsayer; prophet. –verb (used with object) 3. to divine or predict, as from omens; prognosticate. 4. to serve as an omen or promise of; foreshadow; betoken: Mounting sales augur a profitable year. –verb (used without object) 5. to conjecture from signs or omens; predict. 6. to be a sign; bode: The movement of troops augurs ill for the peace of the area.
Etymology:c.1374 (implied in augury), from L. augur, a religious official in ancient Rome who foretold events by interpreting omens, perhaps originally meaning "an increase in crops enacted in ritual," in which case it probably is from Old L. *augos (gen. *augeris) "increase," and is related to augere "increase" (see augment). The more popular theory is that it is from L. avis "bird," since flights, singing, and feeding of birds or entrails from bird sacrifices were an important part of divination (cf. auspicious). The second element would be from garrire "to talk." The verb is 1549, from the noun.
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
That is a bit chilling-I’m praying my rosary and breaking out the smudge bundles, candles and incense tonight, praying for better times this time next year...
LOL! Husky girl always wants to get into the game when the cats play-she is famous for taking their toy squeaky mice away from them and putting them on her rug, like they are in a game and she is stealing the ball.
Next year is going to stink too. But at least it will be much more upfront about stinking than this year was.
well, send me my copy, you might inspire me to pen my very own! LOL
I predict the media turns on theOne before the end of next year........this health care debacle is going to be the end of pretending the economy is doing fine.
Someone should slap her surgeon.
he is scum. A+++
Ugh.
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Them ain’t augering wells, but - quite the opposight - imply quiet lactation - er, meditation - at the twin well-springs of infantile happiness .
Robt.......you sound like a spanish man........get thee home soon! oh, wait.........you sound just like Robt. I almost didn’t recognize yer voice.
hmmm, someone is on Mexican time.....bbl
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