inaugural
inaugural Lexical Profile
inaugural Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Marking the beginning of a new institution, activity, venture, or series of events.
"The airline celebrated its inaugural flight between London and Tokyo with a ribbon-cutting ceremony."
Relating to the formal admission or induction of a person into public office or a position of leadership.
"Thousands of citizens gathered at the capitol to hear the president's inaugural address."
• noun
American An inauguration ceremony or an inaugural speech delivered by a newly inducted official or academic leader.
"Historians still study the rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 17th century from French 'inaugural', derived from Latin 'inaugurare' (to take omens from the flight of birds before taking office, or to install into office), from 'in-' (upon) and 'augurare' (to act as an augur).