Inauguration
[in-aw-gyuh-rey-shuh n, -guh-] /ɪnˌɔ gyəˈreɪ ʃən, -gə-/
noun
1.
an act or ceremony of .
n.
1560s, from French inauguration “installation, consecration,” and directly from Latin inaugurationem (nominative inauguratio) “consecration, installment under good omens,” noun of action from past participle stem of inaugurare “take omens from the flight of birds; consecrate or install when such omens are favorable,” from in- “on, in” (see in- (2)) + augurare “to act as an augur, predict” (see augur).
Read Also:
- Inauguration-day
noun 1. the day on which the president of the United States is inaugurated, being January 20 of every year following a year whose number is divisible by four. Prior to the Twentieth Amendment to the Constitution (ratified February 6, 1933), it was March 4. noun 1. the day on which the inauguration of a […]
- Inauspicious
[in-aw-spish-uh s] /ˌɪn ɔˈspɪʃ əs/ adjective 1. not ; boding ill; ill-omened; unfavorable. /ˌɪnɔːˈspɪʃəs/ adjective 1. not auspicious; unlucky adj. 1590s, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + auspicious. Related: Inauspiciously; inauspiciousness.
- Inauthentic
[in-aw-then-tik] /ˌɪn ɔˈθɛn tɪk/ adjective 1. not : inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory. /ˌɪnɔːˈθɛntɪk/ adjective 1. not authentic; false adj. 1783, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + authentic.
- Inauthentically
[in-aw-then-tik] /ˌɪn ɔˈθɛn tɪk/ adjective 1. not : inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory. /ˌɪnɔːˈθɛntɪk/ adjective 1. not authentic; false adj. 1783, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + authentic.
- Inauthenticity
[in-aw-then-tik] /ˌɪn ɔˈθɛn tɪk/ adjective 1. not : inauthentic Indian jewelry mass-produced in a factory. /ˌɪnɔːˈθɛntɪk/ adjective 1. not authentic; false adj. 1783, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + authentic.