impropitious
English
Etymology
From im- + propitious.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmpɹəˈpɪʃəs/
Adjective
impropitious (comparative more impropitious, superlative most impropitious)
- (obsolete) Not propitious; unfavourable.
- 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to Mr. John Dinely
- Dreams were impropitious.
- 1638, Henry Wotton, letter to Mr. John Dinely
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for impropitious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)