augustnessn.

Brit.

/ɔːˈɡʌs(t)nəs/, U.S.

/ɔˈɡəs(t)nəs/,

/ɑˈɡəs(t)nəs/

Forms: see august adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: august adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < august adj. + -ness suffix.

The quality or state of being august; eminence, grandeur, majesty, stateliness.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun]

athelc885

highnesseOE

brightnessOE

thrumOE

worshipOE

highship?c1225

nobleyec1300

pridec1330

realtya1375

rialtya1375

greatnessc1384

nobletya1387

magnificencec1390

regalya1393

greatheada1400

hautesse1399

lordliness1440

celsitudec1450

excelsitudec1470

state1488

princeliness1545

kingliness1548

royalty1548

amplitudec1550

grandity1589

grandeur1600

glory1613

majesticalness1613

augusteity1615

grandezza1629

augustness1644

raisedness1645

celsity1656

splendidnessa1657

grandness1663

exaltedness1730

halo1813

queenliness1831

aureole1852

magnateship1916

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. Concl. 453 Must the excellency of a complete soule..be in a pitch aboue the adorable maiesty, wisedome, and augustnesse, of the greatest and most admired oracle in the world.

1674 W. Haworth Quaker converted to Christianity 128 Was your Doctrine among the Mountains in the North, delivered with that Augustness as the Law at Mount-Sinai?

1718 B. Willis Hist. Mitred Parl. Abbies I. 248 The Augustness of this Church is very remarkable.

1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors II. 104 He..was daunted at the augustness of such an assembly, what must a man be, who should plead before them for his life!

1823 C. Burton Bardiad (ed. 2) 192 The Poetry of the Bible possesses that boldness of imagery, that grandeur of thought, that majesty of expression, that tout ensemble of augustness and ultra-sublimity.

1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 130 Truth, Right, And the other such augustnesses.

1921 Jrnl. Relig. 1 578 It is, to the writer's mind, the note of augustness, of illumination, of lifting everything to a higher plane..which is our most dependable criterion of the divine presence.

1963 L. S. Dembo Confucian Odes Ezra Pound vi. 85 Pound..uses the images not as emblems of augustness (even pseudo respect) but as emblems of pride.

2012 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Oct. (Features section) 26 Those few Australians who still took pride in the augustness of our democratic institutions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	augustness
释义	augustnessn. Brit. /ɔːˈɡʌs(t)nəs/, U.S. /ɔˈɡəs(t)nəs/, /ɑˈɡəs(t)nəs/ Forms: see august adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: august adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < august adj. + -ness suffix. The quality or state of being august; eminence, grandeur, majesty, stateliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] athelc885 highnesseOE brightnessOE thrumOE worshipOE highship?c1225 nobleyec1300 pridec1330 realtya1375 rialtya1375 greatnessc1384 nobletya1387 magnificencec1390 regalya1393 greatheada1400 hautesse1399 lordliness1440 celsitudec1450 excelsitudec1470 state1488 princeliness1545 kingliness1548 royalty1548 amplitudec1550 grandity1589 grandeur1600 glory1613 majesticalness1613 augusteity1615 grandezza1629 augustness1644 raisedness1645 celsity1656 splendidnessa1657 grandness1663 exaltedness1730 halo1813 queenliness1831 aureole1852 magnateship1916 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. Concl. 453 Must the excellency of a complete soule..be in a pitch aboue the adorable maiesty, wisedome, and augustnesse, of the greatest and most admired oracle in the world. 1674 W. Haworth Quaker converted to Christianity 128 Was your Doctrine among the Mountains in the North, delivered with that Augustness as the Law at Mount-Sinai? 1718 B. Willis Hist. Mitred Parl. Abbies I. 248 The Augustness of this Church is very remarkable. 1758 H. Walpole Catal. Royal Authors II. 104 He..was daunted at the augustness of such an assembly, what must a man be, who should plead before them for his life! 1823 C. Burton Bardiad (ed. 2) 192 The Poetry of the Bible possesses that boldness of imagery, that grandeur of thought, that majesty of expression, that tout ensemble of augustness and ultra-sublimity. 1871 R. Browning Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau 130 Truth, Right, And the other such augustnesses. 1921 Jrnl. Relig. 1 578 It is, to the writer's mind, the note of augustness, of illumination, of lifting everything to a higher plane..which is our most dependable criterion of the divine presence. 1963 L. S. Dembo Confucian Odes Ezra Pound vi. 85 Pound..uses the images not as emblems of augustness (even pseudo respect) but as emblems of pride. 2012 Daily Tel. (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Oct. (Features section) 26 Those few Australians who still took pride in the augustness of our democratic institutions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1644
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