auguste

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auguste

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

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From French auguste, from German (dumme) August.

noun augustes

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.

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"auguste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/auguste. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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auguste. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/auguste

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"auguste." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/auguste.

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@misc{auguste_2026,
  title = {auguste},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auguste},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}