01 Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
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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.
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Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.