1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] Horsley.
2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton.
3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.
AUSTIN
Aus"tin, a.
Defn: Augustinian; as, Austin friars.
AUSTRAL
Aus"tral, a. Etym: [L. australis, fr. auster: cf. F. austral.]
Defn: Southern; lying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.
AUSTRALASIAN
Aus`tral*a"sian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Australasia; as, Australasian regions.
— n.
Defn: A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.