auguste

British  

/ aʊˈɡuːst, ˈaʊˌɡʊst /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of auguste

C20: French, from German

Example Sentences

Messieurs les d�l�gu�s, c'est avec tr�s profonde �motion que je vois autour de moi cette auguste assembl�e qui parait si vaste mais qui repr�sente une conception infiniment plus vaste�d'espoir et les voeux du monde entier.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ordinary mortals may find themselves succumbing to a kind of ennui auguste by the time they come to the end of the exhibition.

From Time Magazine Archive

D'ailleurs il est incontestable que depuis une demi-si�cle, les esprits les plus �lev�s ont d�j� plaid� la cause que le Roi, notre auguste ma�tre, recommande � la sollicitude des grandes Cours Europ�ennes.

From Notes on the Diplomatic History of the Jewish Question by Wolf, Lucien

It is clear that the proceeding was irregular and totally unconstitutional, and other French writers hint that Gramont's silence is intended to shield une personne auguste from responsibility for a decision that was fatally wrong.

From Studies in Literature and History by Miller, John O.

Manquant d'argent de poche, il imagina d'écrire à son auguste grand'mère, la reine et impératrice Victoria, pour en demander.

From Collections and Recollections by Russell, George William Erskine