单词 | augustean |
释义 | Augusteanadj. = Augustan adj.2 (in later use chiefly in sense 1). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > literary period > specific Latin Augustan1587 Augusteana1657 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary world > [adjective] > literary period > specific English Augusteana1657 Augustan1706 a1657 W. Burton Comm. Antoninus his Itinerary (1658) 74 Not Victor onely, but those other Writers also of the Augustean Story, huddle together what ever they meet with in former Authors. 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 368 Manilius who lived in the same Augustean age. 1690 F. Atterbury in 2nd Pt. Mr. Waller's Poems Pref. sig. A4 I question whether in Charles the Second's Reign, English did not come to its full perfection; and whether it has not had its Augustean Age, as well as the Latin. 1713 Countess of Winchilsea Misc. Poems 150 New Augustean Days revive, When Wit shall please, and Poets thrive. 1823 W. Probert tr. Anc. Laws Cambria 140 In the time of Elizabeth, the Augustean age of literature, chivalry and politeness. 1868 J. P. Brown tr. Anc. & Mod. Constantinople i. vii. 27 The magnificent Augustean forum which was before the palace. 1943 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 63 187/1 The story of the paving of the Tiber out of the bronze collected in the Augustean census. 2008 A. Pagden Worlds at War vii. 217 A marble column in the Augustean forum. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1657 |
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