August Definition
Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
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- hot summer
- worst of a long
- height of a long
- driest season
- hottest season
- vacation time
- harvest-time
- midsummer
- eighth month
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Origin of August
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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-Indo-European base *aug-, to increase; or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails, from Proto-Indo-European *awi-, bird; + Latin garrire (“to chatter”), from Proto-Indo-European base *gar-/*ger-, to cry, of imitative origin
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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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Middle English from Old English from Latin (mēnsis) Augustus (month) of Augustus after Augustus
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From Latin augustus (“majestic, venerable”).
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Latin augustus aug- in Indo-European roots
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From August
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