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auspicious \aw-SPISH-us\ adjective

*1 : promising success : favorable
2 : fortunate, prosperous

Did you know?
"Auspicious" comes from the Latin "auspex," which literally means "bird
seer" (from the words "avis," meaning "bird," and "specere," meaning "to look"). In ancient Rome, these "bird seers" were priests, or augurs, who studied the flight and feeding patterns of birds, then delivered prophecies based on their observations. The right combination of bird behavior indicated favorable conditions, but the wrong patterns spelled trouble. The English noun "auspice," which originally referred to this practice of observing birds to discover omens, also comes from Latin "auspex." Today, the plural form "auspices" is often used with the meaning "kindly patronage and guidance."

salubrious \suh-LOO-bree-uss\ adjective
: favorable to or promoting health or well-being

"My health and spirits had long been restored, and
they gained additional strength from the salubrious
air I breathed." (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein)


Did you know?
"Salubrious" and its synonyms "healthful" and "wholesome" all mean favorable to the health of mind or body. "Healthful" implies a positive contribution to a healthy condition (as in Charles Dickens' advice to "take more healthful exercise"). "Wholesome" applies to something that benefits you, builds you up, or sustains you physically, mentally, or spiritually. (Louisa May Alcott used that sense in Little Women: "Work is wholesome... It keeps us from ennui and mischief, is good for health and spirits, and gives us a sense of power and independence".) "Salubrious" is similar to the other two, but tends to apply chiefly to the helpful effects of climate or air.

loogy (l?'g?)
adj. loogioer, loogioest
Characterized by lethargy; sluggish.

[Perhaps from Dutch log, heavy or variant of English loggy, heavy, sluggish, from log1.]

faroraogo
n. pl. faroraogoes
An assortment or a medley; a conglomeration: "their special farrago of resentments" (William Safire).

[Latin farr?g?, mixed fodder, hodgepodge, from far, farr-, a kind of grain; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]

[Origin: 1625-35; < L: lit., mixed crop of feed grains, equiv. to farr- (s. of far) emmer + -?g? suffix noting kind or nature ]

eonoophile also oeonoophile n.
1. One who appreciates and enjoys wine.
2. A collector of wine.
[Origin: 1925-30; < F < Gk o?n(os) WINE + -o- -O- + F -phile -PHILE ]

[Greek oinos, wine + -phile.]

e'noophil'ioa (?'n?-f?l'?-?) n., e'noophil'ic (-f?l'?k) adj.

Delve verb, delved, delvoing.
-verb (used without object)
1. to carry on intensive and thorough research for data, information, or the like; investigate: to delve into the issue of prison reform.
2. Archaic. to dig, as with a spade.
-verb (used with object)
3. Archaic. to dig; excavate.
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[Origin: bef. 900; ME delven, OE delfan; c. D delven, OHG telban ]

One, two, buckle my shoe
Three, four, knock at the door
Five, six, pick up sticks
Seven, eight, lay them straight
Nine, ten, a big fat hen
Eleven, twelve, dig and delve
Thirteen, fourteen, maids a'courting
Fifteen, sixteen, maids in the kitchen
Seventeen, eighteen, maids a'waiting
Nineteen, twenty, my platter's empty ...