Superb vs August - What's the difference?
superb | august | Related terms |
First-rate; of the highest quality; exceptionally good.
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*:Captain Edward Carlisle; he could not tell what this prisoner might do. He cursed the fate which had assigned such a duty, cursed especially that fate which forced a gallant soldier to meet so superb a woman as this under handicap so hard.
Grand; magnificent; august; stately.
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(lb) Haughty.
*1858 , (Julia Kavanagh), Adèle, a Tale: Volume 2 (p.235):
*:A remark which Isabella received with a superb curl of the lip, but at the same time, and to her brother's infinite relief, she walked away.
Noble, venerable, majestic, awe-inspiring, often of the highest social class (sometimes used ironically).
Of noble birth.
Superb is a related term of august.
As an adjective superb
is .As a proper noun august is
the eighth month of the gregorian calendar, following july and preceding september abbreviation: aug' or ' or august can be .superb
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Adjective
(er)Synonyms
* excellent * superlativeDerived terms
* superblyaugust
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adjective
(en-adj)- an august patron of the arts
- august lineage
