August
inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic:
an august performance of a religious drama.
venerable; eminent:
an august personage.
the eighth month of the year, containing 31 days.
abbreviation: aug.
a male given name, form of .
contemporary examples
lush life by richard prince —announcement, august 24, 2009.
the barack obama book club samuel p. jacobs august 12, 2010
having just turned 50 in august, obama showed common height (6-foot-1) and weight (181.3 pounds) for his age range.
obama in ‘excellent health’ daniel stone october 30, 2011
peter beinart on why the front-runner should p-ss on his party’s first primary, not just august’s straw poll.
romney’s right to skip iowa peter beinart june 26, 2011
there was, in the immediate aftermath of the august 21 chemical weapons attack, general silence in the jewish establishment.
implications of aipac’s lobbying on syria brent e. sasley september 11, 2013
erickson had introduced perry in august when he kicked off his campaign at the red state convention here in south carolina.
rick perry campaign may be in last days as conservatives urge him to quit patricia murphy january 18, 2012
historical examples
first performed at the festspielhaus, bayreuth, august 16, 1876.
richard wagner his life and his dramas w. j. henderson
the bill p-ssed, and received the approval of the queen, august 1, 1870.
the grand old man richard b. cook
he was a florentine of n-ble blood, and was born on august 3, 1703.
the jesuits, 1534-1921 thomas j. campbell
august 6, 1895, mr. gladstone made a great speech at chester.
the grand old man richard b. cook
this order was issued on the 8th of august, before the surrender of boone.
history of morgan’s cavalry basil w. duke
adjective
dignified or imposing: an august presence
of n-ble birth or high rank: an august lineage
noun
the eighth month of the year, consisting of 31 days
adj.
1660s, from latin augustus “venerable, majestic, magnificent, n-ble,” probably originally “consecrated by the augurs, with favorable auguries” (see augur (n.)); or else “that which is increased” (see augment).
eighth month, 1097, from latin augustus (mensis), sixth month of the later roman calendar, renamed from s-xtilis in 8 b.c.e. to honor emperor augustus caesar, literally “venerable caesar” (see august (adj.)). in england, the name replaced native weodmonað “weed month.”
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