auguste en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɔːˈɡuːst/
- /ɔːˈɡəst/
- /aʊˈɡuːst/
- /-(ˈ)ɡʊst/
Etymology
From French auguste, from German (dumme) August.
Meanings
-
A 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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| augustes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |