August, n.
(ˈɔːgəst)
Forms: 4 augoste, augst, 5 aust, 4– august.
[In form aust a. OF. aoust (mod. août):—L. augustus (see prec.); in current form, from the L.; in form augst partially latinized.]
The eighth month of the year, so named after Augustus Cæsar, the first Roman emperor.
| 1097 O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) Fram midde sumeran for neah oð August. c 1325 E.E. Allit. P. A. 39 In augoste in a hyȝ seysoun. 1393 Gower Conf. III. 370 Till augst be passed and septembre. c 1450 Merlin ix. 132 It was feire wedir..as stille as aboute aust. 1591 Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. i. 110 The tenth of August last. 1870 Morris Earthly Par. I. ii. 551 And August came the fainting year to mend With fruit and grain. |