Definition of austere

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

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Celestinian :: Celestinian (n.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.
Budge :: Budge (a.) Austere or stiff, like scholastics..
Dervis :: Dervis (n.) A Turkish or Persian monk, especially one who professes extreme poverty and leads an austere life..
Austerely :: Austerely (adv.) Severely; rigidly; sternly.
Austere :: Austere () Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine..
Austere :: Austere () Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life..
Harsh :: Harsh (a.) Unpleasant and repulsive to the sensibilities; austere; crabbed; morose; abusive; abusive; severe; rough.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Austere; harsh to the taste; as, rough wine..
Astringent :: Astringent (a.) Stern; austere; as, an astringent type of virtue..
Difficult :: Difficult (a.) Hard to manage or to please; not easily wrought upon; austere; stubborn; as, a difficult person..
Minim :: Minim (n.) One of an austere order of mendicant hermits of friars founded in the 15th century by St. Francis of Paola.
Carthusian :: Carthusian (n.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086..
Capuchin :: Capuchin (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis..
Ascetic :: Ascetic (a.) Extremely rigid in self-denial and devotions; austere; severe.
Roughly :: Roughly (adv.) In a rough manner; unevenly; harshly; rudely; severely; austerely.
Austere :: Austere () Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Crab :: Crab (a.) Sour; rough; austere.
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Harsh; hard; crabbed; austere; -- said of temper, character, and the like, or of persons..
Morose :: Morose (a.) Of a sour temper; sullen and austere; ill-humored; severe.
Sere :: Sere (a.) [OE. seer, AS. sear (assumed) fr. searian to wither; akin to D. zoor dry, LG. soor, OHG. sor/n to to wither, Gr. ay`ein to parch, to dry, Skr. /ush (for sush) to dry, to wither, Zend hush to dry. Ã152. Cf. Austere, Sorrel, a.] Dry; withered; no longer green; -- applied to leaves..
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