LekhoriLekhoriAwe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
an august patron of the arts
Of noble birth.
an august lineage
Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”).
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
Holonyms: calendar year; year
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 Augustus.
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By divine science and cœlestial art / He for the cause of the dear nations toiled, / And augusted man's heavenly hopes that so, / […] / he might, by awful rites / […] / Adhæsion with Divinity achieve.
A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
A male given name from Latin.
Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.