auguste

/ aʊˈɡuːst, ˈaʊˌɡʊst /

noun

1. (often capital) a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky

Word History and Origins

Origin of auguste¹

C20: French, from German

Example Sentences

My mind wanders to Auguste Rodin’s “The Thinker,” juggling imagination, judgment and problem solving.

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Along with a black dress once owned by Auguste van Pels, a board game and a handful of other original artifacts, the rooms contain replicas of the annex furnishings: single beds, a kitchen table, pots and pans, Anne’s magazine clippings, a fearsome-looking drill wielded by the resident dentist.

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A small marble sculpture thought to be a copy of the French artist Auguste Rodin's work has turned out to be the real thing, selling for almost $1m at an auction in France on Monday.

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LACMA’s collection of sculptures by Auguste Rodin will occupy a new 8,000-square-foot garden on the north side of Wilshire.

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But the woman in her sculpture, made early in her tenure working in the busy studio of Auguste Rodin, leaves classicism far behind.

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