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Augustan Definition

Au·gus·tan (ô gus′tən)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Augustus Caesar, his reign (27 - 14), or its Latin literature
  2. designating or characteristic of any age like Augustus' age, esp. in having standards or tastes that are classic, as the period of Pope and Addison in English literature

noun

a person writing in an Augustan age

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  7. ‹ augur
  8. ‹ Augsburg
  9. ‹ augmenter
  10. ‹ augmented interval
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