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