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au·gust

   [aw-guhst]
adjective
1.
inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
2.
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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Au·gust

   [aw-guhst]
noun
1.
the eighth month of the year, containing 31 days. Abbreviation: Aug.
2.
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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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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