Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IN-AUS-PI'CIOUS
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IN-AUS-PI'CIOUS, a. [in and auspicious.]
Ill omened; unfortunate; unlucky; evil; unfavorable. The war commenced at an inauspicious time, and its issue was inauspicious. The counsels of a bad man have an inauspicious influence on society.
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