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, life. From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden.
3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Syn.
— Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict.
AUSTERELY
Aus*tere"ly, adv.
Defn: Severely; rigidly; sternly.
A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay.
AUSTERENESS
Aus*tere"ness, n.
1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson.
2. Severity; strictness; austerity. Shak.
AUSTERITY Aus*ter"i*ty, n.; pl. Austplwies (. Etym: [F. austérité, L. austerias, fr. austerus. See Austere.]