augustine
/əˈɡʌstɪn/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.51 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Latin, notably borne by Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), a church father and a writer.
noun
An Augustinian.
name
A female given name from French.
Example Sentences
- "The ordo amoris can be conceptualized as a series of concentric circles radiating outward from ourselves, beginning with loving God, who is, as Augustine put it, “closer to us than we are to ourselves,” and ending with loving the rest of the world outside our own country."
- "Miss Augustine Bishop, 60 years old, of 302 East Fifty-fifth Street, suffocated yesterday morning by smoke which filled her bedroom on the second floor."
- "Miss Augustine Pardee Shaw, daughter of Mrs. Robert Toland of this place and Quincy Adams Shaw Jr. of Boston, was married to Francis Whiting Hatch Jr. of Minneapolis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hatch of Wayland, Mass., today in St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church by the Rev. Nathanael B. Groton."
- "Mrs. Robert Manville of Birmingham, Ala., was matron of honor and the other attendants were Miss Anne Jones of Randallstown, Md., Miss Diane Mellish of Williamsport, Miss Augustine Janeway of Villanova, Mrs. Horace Hill of Drexel Brook and Mrs. Ronald Tocantins of Chestnut Hill."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈɡʌstɪn/
- British English: /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/