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Augustian

Augustian is the alternative form of Augustan.

Meaning of Augustan

Adjective

Augustan (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
  2. Pertaining to the Roman poetic literature during this time.
  3. Pertaining to the period of English literature during the first half of the 18th century, known for satire and political themes.
    • Jonathan Swift was an Augustan writer.

Proper noun

Augustian (plural Augustians)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Augustian

Adjective
comparativemore Augustian
superlativemost Augustian
Noun
pluralAugustians
Proper noun
pluralAugustians

Origin of Augustian

An alteration of Augustan; from August(us) + -ian.

Questions about Augustian

What does Augustian mean?
Augustian means a surname.
What is Augustian the alternative form of?
Augustian is the alternative form of Augustan.
What part of speech is Augustian?
Augustian is a proper noun.

Words near Augustian in the dictionary

  1. Augustenborg
  2. auguster
  3. augustes
  4. augustest
  5. Augusteum
  6. Augustian
  7. Augustiana
  8. Augustians
  9. Augustin
  10. Augustin process
  11. Augustina

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Augustian (page history and authors); Augustan (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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