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Webster 1913 Edition
Austereness
Aus-tere′ness
,Noun.
1.
Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
Johnson.
2.
Severity; strictness; austerity.
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Austereness
AUSTE'RENESS
,Noun.
1.
Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.2.
Roughness in taste.Definition 2024
austereness
austereness
English
Noun
austereness (uncountable)
- The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
- The state of being austere; severity; strictness; austerity.
References
- austereness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913