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Webster 1913 Edition
Austere
Aus-tere′
,1.
Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an
austere
crab apple; austere
wine.2.
Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern;
as, an
. austere
man, look, lifeFrom whom the
austere
Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden.
3.
Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Syn. – Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict.
Webster 1828 Edition
Austere
AUSTE'RE
,Adj.
1.
Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look.2.
Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to things; as austere fruit, or wine.Definition 2025
austere
austere
English
Adjective
austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere)
- Grim or severe in manner or appearance
- The headmistress was an austere old woman.
- Lacking trivial decoration; not extravagant or gaudy
- The interior of the church was as austere as the parishioners were dour.
Synonyms
- (grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding
- (lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished
Antonyms
- (not lacking trivial decoration): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy
Derived terms
Translations
grim, stern, strict
not extravagant
Latin
Adjective
austēre
- vocative masculine singular of austērus
References
- austere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- austere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Latvian
Austere
Etymology
Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon).
Pronunciation
Noun
austere f (5th declension)
- oyster (certain edible bivalve mollusks of the order Ostreoida)
- austeru zveja ― oyster fishing
- rīt austeres ― to swallow oysters
- austeru lasītāji un lasītājas tur brida kailām kājām ― male and female oyster collectors were wading there (= in shallow water) barefoot
Declension
Declension of austere (5th declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | austere | austeres |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | austeri | austeres |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | austeres | austeru |
| dative (datīvs) | austerei | austerēm |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | austeri | austerēm |
| locative (lokatīvs) | austerē | austerēs |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | austere | austeres |