AUSTERE
\ɔːstˈi͡ə], \ɔːstˈiə], \ɔː_s_t_ˈiə]\
Definitions of AUSTERE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
By Princeton University
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practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
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of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect; "an austere expression"; "a stern face"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
By Oddity Software
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Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison