auguste

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/aʊˈɡuːst//ɔːˈɡuːst//ɔːˈɡəst//-(ˈ)ɡʊst/

noun

A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.

OriginFrench auguste →
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Meanings

nounauguste (plural augustes)

plural augustes

  1. entertainmentA kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.

    It had been used for clownish mock-disappearences, one auguste looking for another through endlessly circling blackness, an apparatus not now much in use.

    1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F, Penguin, published 2004, page 93

Origin

  1. Frenchauguste
  2. Englishauguste

From French auguste, from German (dumme) August.

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APA

auguste. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auguste

MLA

“auguste.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auguste. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “auguste,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/auguste.

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