{
  "id": "august.dignified",
  "term": "august",
  "sense": "dignified",
  "pos": "adjective",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 3,
  "arena": "everyday",
  "domain": "adjective",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "when a thing is big and old",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "big.size",
      "example.temporal"
    ],
    "interaction": "big and old together make a thing look dignified",
    "novel_properties": [
      "dignified",
      "solemn"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "text": "The Parthenon stood intact for over 2,400 years despite wars and weather.",
      "domain": "architecture"
    },
    {
      "text": "The Sun has burned steadily for 4.6 billion years, shaping Earth's climate.",
      "domain": "astronomy"
    },
    {
      "text": "The U.S. Constitution has governed continuously since 1789, adapting through amendments.",
      "domain": "institutions"
    }
  ],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "august",
    "augustly"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-august.dignified"
}