AUSTERE

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.

2.
n.

Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden.

3.
n.

Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.

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