单词 | auguste |
释义 | Augusten. A type of clown, now generally characterized as wearing grotesque facial make-up (typically featuring red or pink, and usually a red artificial nose), a fright wig or similarly wild hair, and badly-fitting or oversized clothes and shoes.In the early 20th century the Auguste type of clown had a less grotesque appearance, and was characterized more in terms of behaviour, this being clumsy or chaotic, often in contrast to a more subdued white-faced fellow clown. The later grotesque appearance was originally associated with Albert Fratellini (1886–1961). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > circus performance > [noun] > performer horse-rider1580 strongman1701 hippodromist1840 desultor1880 Auguste1900 1900 Standard 10 Apr. 2/4 Another addition to the programme [at the London Hippodrome] is the ‘turn’ given by Marceline, a circus clown, who is described as the ‘Continental Auguste’, and whose performance consists of some clever tumbling, interspersed with a good deal of humorous fooling. 1948 Life 26 July 66/2 Wynn classifies himself as the kind of clown known in circuses as an ‘August’. 1971 ‘A. Burgess’ MF vi. 68 After the elephants..came tumbling augustes. 2001 J. Schechter Pickle Clowns p. xii The Pickle clowns share some attributes of the elegant, smart whiteface and the stupid, shabbily dressed auguste clowns well known in European circus tradition. 2011 Gaz. (Colorado Springs) 11 May a4/4 His makeup is not as stark as the Augustes' or the whiteface clowns'. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1900 |
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