augustan

Definition of Augustan in English :

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Adjective

1. augustan

relating to or characteristic of the times of the Roman Emperor Augustus

Example Sentences:
'the Augustan Age'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Augustan

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adjective

1.

characteristic of, denoting, or relating to the Roman emperor Augustus Caesar (63 bc–14 ad), his period, or the poets, notably Virgil, Horace, and Ovid, writing during his reign

2.

of, relating to, or characteristic of any literary period noted for refinement and classicism, esp the late 17th century in France (the period of the dramatists Corneille, Racine, and Molière) or the 18th century in England (the period of Swift, Pope, and Johnson, much influenced by Dryden)

noun

3.

an author in an Augustan Age

4.

a student of or specialist in Augustan literature

Augustan

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adjective

1.

of or characteristic of Augustus Caesar, his reign (27 b.c.- a.d. 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

3.

a person writing in an Augustan age

Augustan

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adj.

1. Of or relating to Augustus or his reign, considered as a time of great prosperity in the Roman Empire and great refinement in Latin literature.

2. Of or relating to English literature during the early 1700s, characterized by refinement of style.

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