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What (who) is austere - definition
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austere
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Austere
a.
1.
Rough (to the taste), sour, and astringent.
2.
Severe, rigid, strict, formal, stiff, rigorous, harsh, stern, difficult, hard, uncompromising, unrelenting, relentless, ascetic, straight-laced.
Austere
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Austere
·- Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
II. Austere ·- Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
III. Austere ·- Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
austere
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Austere
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¦ adjective (austerer, austerest)
1. severe or strict in appearance or manner.
2. lacking comforts, luxuries, or adornment.
Derivatives
austerely adverb
austerity noun (plural austerities).
Origin
ME: via OFr. from L. austerus, from Gk austeros 'severe'.
Wikipedia
Austere (EP)
Austere is an EP by Sparta, released in 2002 on DreamWorks Records. Their first record, it was released one year after the break-up of At the Drive-In.
All of the songs were re-recorded for Sparta's debut album Wiretap Scars, however "Vacant Skies" appeared on the UK version of the album as a bonus track. It also appeared on the compilation album Dragging the Lake II, released by Atticus clothing company. It was recorded at Rosewood Studios in El Paso, Texas by Mike Major.
Examples of use of austere
1. The austere Sunni religious establishment considers them heretics.
2. I admire people who lead genuinely austere, inwardly concentrated lives.
3. Except that even they were never as austere as this.
4. The site of Tolstoy‘s tomb is peaceful and austere.
5. He seems both austere and cautious, not arousing personal enemies.