august.
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
Meaning & usage
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
an august patron of the arts
Of noble birth.
an august lineage
Where this word comes from
From French auguste (“noble, stately; august”) or Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable, august; imperial, royal”), from augeō (“to augment, increase; to enlarge, expand, spread”). Doublet of August and Augustus.
To make ripe; ripen.
To bring to realization.
Where this word comes from
From August.
Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).
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