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Definition of Augustan adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

Augustan

adjective

NAmE//ɔˈɡʌstən//

1connected with or happening during the time of the Roman emperor Augustus

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2connected with English literature of the 17th and 18th centuries that was written in a style that was considered classical

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