Etymology

auguste

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Today it means: A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. Full definition →

French auguste
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  1. French · borrowed fromauguste
  2. English todayauguste

From French auguste, from German (dumme) August.

Words from the same roots

Frenchauguste all →

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