Augustan
//ɔˈɡʌstən// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Pertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.). not-comparable
- 2 Pertaining to the Roman poetic literature during this time. not-comparable
- 3 Pertaining to the period of English literature during the first half of the 18th century, known for satire and political themes. not-comparable
"Jonathan Swift was an Augustan writer."
Adjective
- 1 relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus wordnet
Example
More examples"The poets of the Augustan age would have celebrated such a meadow with the warmest raptures, and peopled its green expanse with all the sylvan demi-gods of their beautiful mythology."
Etymology
From the Latin Augustānus, from Augustus, a Roman emperor who ruled a period of peace and prosperity known as the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta.
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