August: Radio 4’s iPM Podcast
au·gust /ɔˈgʌst/ [aw-guhst]
–adjective
1. inspiring reverence or admiration; of supreme dignity or grandeur; majestic: an august performance of a religious drama.
2. venerable; eminent: an august personage.
[Origin: 1655–65; < L augustus sacred, grand, akin to augére to increase. See eke]
—Related forms
au·gust·ly, adverb
au·gust·ness, noun
Not that I am any of these things, of course, but being in the month [...]
