n. (Abbr. Aug.)
The eighth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Latin (mēnsis) Augustus, (month) of Augustus, after AUGUSTUS.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
