auguste
august
/ (aʊˈɡuːst, ˈaʊˌɡʊst) /
noun
(often capital) a type of circus clown who usually wears battered ordinary clothes and is habitually maladroit or unlucky
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Nearby words
- augury,
- august,
- augusta,
- augustales,
- augustan,
- augustine,
- augustine, saint,
- augustinian,
- augustinian of the assumption,
- augustinians
Word Origin for auguste
C20: French, from German
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