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Augustan (iou)



Augustan adjective & noun. M16.
[Latin (sense A.1 medieval Latin) Augustanus, from (sense A.1) Augusta (Vindelicorum) Augsburg, a city in Bavaria, (sense A.2) Augustus: see AUGUST noun, -AN.]
A. adjective.
Ecclesiastical History. Of Augsburg, where in 1530 Luther and Melanchthon drew up their confession of Protestant principles. M16.
Designating or pertaining to the reign of Augustus Caesar (27 BC-AD 14), esp. as a period of outstanding refinement of Latin literature, or the corresponding period of any national literature; classical; spec. designating or pertaining to English literature from the mid 17th to the late 18th cent. E18.
b. noun.
Augustan literary style. rare. M19.
A writer of the Augustan age of any literature. L19.
Augustanism noun Augustan principles, quality, or condition, spec. in English literature E20.
Augustean adjective = AUGUSTAN adjective 2: only in L17.