KJV Dictionary Definition: auster

auster

AUS'TER, n. L. The south wind.

austere

AUSTE'RE, a. L. Austerus.

1. Severe; harsh; rigid; stern; applied to persons; as an austere master; an austere look.

2. Sour; harsh; rough to the taste; applied to things; as austere fruit, or wine.

austerely

AUSTE'RELY, adv. Severely; rigidly; harshly.

austereness

AUSTE'RENESS, n.

1. Severity in manners; harshness; austerity.

2. Roughness in taste.

austerity

AUSTER'ITY, n. L. austeritas. Severity of manners or life; rigor; strictness; harsh discipline. It is particularly applied to the mortifications of a monastic life, which are called austerities.

Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.

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