Definitions for Augustan

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Augustan Au·gus·tan

Spelling: [aw-guhs-tuh n, uh-guhs-]

IPA: /ɔˈgʌs tən, əˈgʌs-/

Augustan is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in Augustan (aagnstuu).

Definitions for Augustan

noun

1. an author in an Augustan age.

adjective

1. of or relating to Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, or to the age (Augustan Age) in which he flourished, which marked the golden age of Latin literature.
2. of or relating to the neoclassic period, especially of 18th-century English literature.

Origin of Augustan

From the Latin word Augustānus, dating back to 1695-1705. See Augustus, -an

Examples for Augustan

But there is yet plenty to remind us that Dublin had once its Augustan Age.

The great Augustan literature was the work of natives of Italy.

Churchill and Robert Lloyd are explicit in their wish to break from Augustan style.

It must recognize that there is little hope in going back to lofty Augustan ideals.

It was in the days of Queen Anne, the Augustan age of the essay.

Yes, as you say, Bishop, a truly Augustan mode of recreation.

In his later works, Pope took Augustan satire about as far as it could go.

It may be that we have here a pair of poets, the two most prominent of the Augustan Age.

It suggests that the Augustan age had its cry of "back to the land," and that the cry was insincere.

The Augustan Age was comical enough, if we may trust some of Horaces satires.