August
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
August/ˈɔːɡəst/
▶noun the eighth month of the year.
– origin OE, from L. augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’; named after Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
august /ɔːˈgʌst/
▶adjective inspiring respect and admiration.
– derivatives
augustly adverb,
augustness noun.
augustly adverb,
augustness noun.
– origin C17: from Fr. auguste or L. augustus ‘consecrated, venerable’.
'August' also found in these Oxford entries:
Ab
- assumption
- Aug.
- august
- Bon
- Dormition
- Elul
- filbert
- Lammas
- mikado
- Möbius strip
- transfiguration
- twelfth
- Virgo
- VJ day
