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august

[aw-guhst]

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adjective

inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.

venerable; eminent: an august personage.

Origin:
1655–65; < Latin augustus sacred, grand, akin to augēre to increase. See eke

Related forms

au·gust·ly, adverb

au·gust·ness, noun

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noun

the eighth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Aug.

a male given name, form of Augustus.

Origin:
before 1100; Middle English < Latin Augustus (named after Augustus); replacing Old English Agustus < Latin, as above

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august (ɔːˈɡʌst)

—*adj*
1.	dignified or imposing: an august presence
2.	of noble birth or high rank: an august lineage

[C17: from Latin augustus; related to augēre to increase]

au'gustly

—*adv*

au'gustness

—n

August (ˈɔːɡəst)

—n
	the eighth month of the year, consisting of 31 days

[Old English, from Latin, named after the emperor Augustus]

auguste or august (aʊˈɡuːst, ˈaʊˌɡʊst, aʊˈɡuːst, ˈaʊˌɡʊst)

—n
	(often capital) a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky

[C20: French, from German]

august or august

—n

[C20: French, from German]

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Word Origin & History

august

1660s, from L. augustus "venerable," probably originally "consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries" (see augur); or else "that which is increased" (see augment).

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August

"eighth month," 1097, from L. Augustus, sixth month of the Roman calendar, named for emperor Augustus Cæsar, lit. "Venerable Cæsar" (see august). Replaced native Weodmonað "weed month."

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August

eighth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, in 8 BCE. Its original name was Sextilus, Latin for "sixth month," indicating its position in the early Roman calendar.

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