AUGUSTAN


Meaning of AUGUSTAN in English

I. (ˈ)ȯ|gəstən, əˈ- adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Medieval Latin Augustanus, from Latin Augusta (Vindelicorum), Roman colony in Germany (now Augsburg ) + Latin -anus -an

: of or relating to the town of Augsburg, Germany

II. adjective

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Latin Augustanus, from Augustus + -anus -an

1. : of, relating to, or characteristic of Augustus Caesar or his age

2. : of, relating to, or characteristic of any age felt to resemble that of Augustus Caesar (as the neoclassic period in England or specifically the reign of Queen Anne) — compare classical 2

III. noun

( -s )

Usage: usually capitalized

1. : an English Augustan writer

Alexander Pope and Joseph Addison were Augustans

2. : a person of the Augustan period in England ; especially : one sharing the neoclassic belief of the period

an Augustan in spirit

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