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August

//ɔːˈɡʌst// adj, name, noun, verb

Definitions

Adjective

1
Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
"an august patron of the arts"
2
Of noble birth.
"an august lineage"

Adjective

1
profoundly honored wordnet
2
of or befitting a lord wordnet

Proper Noun

1
The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
"Holonyms: calendar year; year"
2
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."
3
A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth). archaic
"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."
4
A surname from Latin.
5
A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.

Noun

1
Alternative form of auguste (“kind of clown”). alt-of, alternative
2
the month following July and preceding September wordnet

Verb

1
To make ripe; ripen. obsolete, rare
2
To bring to realization. obsolete, rare
"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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

From August.

Etymology 3

Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”).

Etymology 4

In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.

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