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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

,
Noun.
1.
Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.
2.
Roughness in taste.

Definition 2024


austereness

austereness

English

Noun

austereness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
  2. The state of being austere; severity; strictness; austerity.

References

  • austereness in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913