propitious
adj/pɹəˈpɪʃəs/
Etymology From Anglo-Norman and Old French propicius, from Latin propitius (“favorable, well-disposed, kind”). Compare French propice, Portuguese propício and Spanish propicio.
1
Favorable; advantageous.
- propitious weather
2
Characteristic of a good omen.
- But counterrevolutions are reversible. Klein devotes much of her book to propitious signs that this can happen — indeed is happening.2014 November 6, Rob Nixon, “Naomi Klein’s ‘This Changes Everything’”, in New York Times:
3
Archaic Favorably disposed towards someone.
- Antonyms
- unpropitious
- Derived terms
- impropitious
- Related terms
- propitiate, propitiation, propitiously, propitiousness