Lexic.us

Definition of Austere

1. Adjective. Severely simple. "A stark interior"

2. Adjective. Of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect. "A stern face"

3. Adjective. Practicing great self-denial. "A spartan existence"

Definition of Austere

1. Adjective. Grim or severe in manner or appearance ¹

2. Adjective. Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Austere

1. grave in disposition or appearance [adj -TERER, -TEREST]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Austere

austemper austempered austempering austempers austenite austenites austenitic austenitic manganese steel austenitic steel austenitization

austenitizations austenitize austenitized austenitizes austenitizing austere (current term) austerely austereness austerenesses austerer

austerest austerities austerity austinite austinites austral australes australine australite australites

Literary usage of Austere

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Inductive Sociology: A Syllabus of Methods, Analyses and Classifications by Franklin Henry Giddings (1901)
"The austere. — This type is the product of a reaction against the excesses ... It is usually developed out of the austere type. Like the austere it is ..."

2. Life on the Mississippi by Mark Twain (2000)
"He was an austere man, and had the reputation of being singularly unworldly, for a river man. Among other things, he said that Arkansas had been injured and ..."

3. The Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeos by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1893)
"... The "austere' style not forensic. The second tendency is purely ... The characteristics of this " austere" style have been analysed in reference to ..."

4. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"... "austere THE MUSIC OF MY SONGS" austere the music of my songs: The echo of sad utterance fills them, ..."

5. The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.] by Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner (1903)
"He was an austere man, and had the reputation of being singularly unworldly, for a river man. Among other things, he said that Arkansas had been injured and ..."

6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"... austere Her cheek was pale, her form was spare; But passions in the human frame 120 Had early quenched the light of youth: But gentle was the dame, ..."

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