Auguste
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /aʊˈɡuːst/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Auguste is a noun meaning (theater) A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.
Meaning
(theater) A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.
Example Sentences
It had been used for clownish mock-disappearences, one auguste looking for another through endlessly circling blackness, an apparatus not now much in use.
Word Forms
- augustes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include august, whiteface, antic, clown, clowny, joey.
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