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Augustan

Pronunciation: /ɔːˈgʌst(ə)n/
Definition of Augustan

adjective

  • connected with or occurring during the reign of the Roman emperor Augustus: a Roman villa of the Augustan period
  • relating to or denoting Latin literature of the reign of Augustus, including the works of Virgil, Horace, Ovid, and Livy.
  • relating to or denoting 17th- and 18th-century English literature of a style considered refined and classical, including the works of Pope, Addison, and Swift: poets of the Augustan age

noun

  • a writer of the (Latin or English) Augustan period or style.

Origin:

from Latin Augustanus 'relating to Augustus' (see Augustus)

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