auspex

[ aw-speks ]

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noun,plural aus·pi·ces

[aw-spuh-seez]. /ˈɔ spəˌsiz/.

an augur of ancient Rome.

Origin of auspex

1590–1600; <Latin: one who observes birds, soothsayer, diviner, equivalent to au-, base of avis bird + -spex watcher (spec-, stem of specere to look at) + -s nominative singular suffix

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How to use auspex in a sentence

Governments worked under the auspices of the United Nations to craft the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which strictly limited the manufacture of chlorofluorocarbons.
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Critics say this is a step toward censorship, and that negative posts shouldn’t be removed under the auspices of protecting users from misinformation.
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Much of what I did under the auspices of research involved simply walking around and looking more closely at the historical residue I had spent my entire life passing by.
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With the caution of a veteran auspex, he evaded a direct reply.
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British Dictionary definitions for auspex

auspex

/ (ˈɔːspɛks) /

nounplural auspices (ˈɔːspɪˌsiːz)

Roman history another word for augur (def. 1)

Origin of auspex

C16: from Latin: observer of birds, from avis bird + specere to look

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