Meaning
It derives from Latin Augustus. American Heritage Dictionary: inspiring awe or admiration.
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Famous quotes containing the word meaning:
“Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.”
—Eric Gill (1882–1940)
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“The novelist’s—any writer’s—object is to whittle down his meaning to the exactest and finest possible point. What, of course, is fatal is when he does not know what he does mean: he has no point to sharpen.”
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