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Augustan

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Au⋅gus⋅tan

  [aw-guhs-tuhn, uh-guhs-]
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–adjective
1. of or pertaining to Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, or to the age (Augustan Age) in which he flourished, which marked the golden age of Latin literature.
2. of or pertaining to the neoclassic period, esp. of 18th-century English literature.
–noun
3. an author in an Augustan age.
Origin:
1695–1705; < L Augustānus. See Augustus, -an
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Au·gus·tan   (ô-gŭs'tən)   
adj.  

  1. Of or characteristic of Augustus or his reign or times.

  2. Of or characteristic of English literature during the early 18th century.

Au·gus'tan n.
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Word Origin & History

Augustan 
1645, from L. Augustus (Cæsar), whose reign was connected with "the palmy period of Latin literature" [OED]; hence, "period of purity and refinement in any national literature" (1712).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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