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Webster 1913 Edition

Austereness

Aus-tere′ness

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Noun.

1.

Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

Johnson.

2.

Severity; strictness; austerity.

Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition

Austereness

AUSTE'RENESS

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Noun.

1.

Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.

2.

Roughness in taste.