Augustan
adjective/ɔːˈɡʌstən/
/ɔːˈɡʌstən/
- connected with or happening during the time of the Roman emperor Augustus
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- connected with English literature of the 17th and 18th centuries that was written in a style that was considered classical
Word Originfrom Latin Augustanus ‘relating to Augustus’, the first Roman emperor.
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