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august.

Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɔːˈɡʌst/Received-Pronunciation/ɔˈɡʌst/General-American/ə-/General-American/ɑˈɡʌst/cot-caught-merger
  1. Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.

    an august patron of the arts
  2. 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.

verb/ɔːˈɡʌst/Received-Pronunciation/ɔˈɡʌst/General-American/ə-/General-American/ɑˈɡʌst/cot-caught-merger
  1. To make ripe; ripen.

    obsolete · rare
  2. To bring to realization.

    obsolete · rare
Where this word comes from

From August.

noun/ɔːˈɡʌst/Received-Pronunciation/ɔˈɡʌst/General-American/ə-/General-American/ɑˈɡʌst/cot-caught-merger
  1. Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).

    alt-of · alternative
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