(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:58:23

Aus*tere"ness, n.

1.

Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.

Johnson.

2.

Severity; strictness; austerity.

Shak.

 

© Webster 1913.

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