People who predict the future by observing signs and omens, or the predictions themselves; can also be a verb meaning to suggest or indicate.
From Latin 'augur,' originally referring to Roman priests who interpreted bird flight and other signs. Later generalized to mean any soothsayer.
The phrase 'it augurs well' is still common today—we've abandoned the bird-watching part, but we kept the instinct to read tea leaves in everything, from stock markets to first dates.
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