Part 789

<blockquote>From whom the <b>austere</b> Etrurian virtue rose. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict.</syn>

<h1>Austerely</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus*tere"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Severely; rigidly; sternly.</def>

<blockquote>A doctrine <b>austerely</b> logical. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Austereness</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus*tere"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.</def>

<i>Johnson.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Severity; strictness; austerity.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Austerity</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus*ter"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Austplwies</er> <tt>(<?/)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>aust\'82rit\'82</ets>, L. <ets>austerias</ets>, fr. <ets>austerus</ets>. See <er>Austere</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Sourness and harshness to the taste.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Horsley.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>austerity</b> of John the Baptist. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity.</def>

<blockquote>Partly owing to the studied <b>austerity</b> of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. <i>Hawthorne.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Austin</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Augustinian; <as>as, <ex>Austin</ex> friars</as>.</def>

<h1>Austral</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus"tral</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>australis</ets>, fr. <ets>auster</ets>: cf. F. <ets>austral</ets>.]</ety> <def>Southern; lying or being in the south; <as>as, <ex>austral</ex> land; <ex>austral</ex> ocean.</as></def>

<cs><col>Austral signs</col> <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, <cd>the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.</cd></cs>

<h1>Australasian</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus`tral*a"sian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Australasia; <as>as, <ex>Australasian</ex> regions</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native or an inhabitant of Australasia.</def></def2>

<h1>Australian</h1> <Xpage=102>

<hw>Aus*tra"li*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From L. Terra <ets>Australis</ets> southern land.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Australia.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def> A native or an inhabitant of Australia.</def></def2>

<h1>Australize</h1> <Xpage=102>