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AUSTERITY

\ɔːstˈɛɹɪti], \ɔːstˈɛɹɪti], \ɔː_s_t_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_t_i]\

Definitions of AUSTERITY

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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Sourness and harshness to the taste.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Sourness and harshness to the taste.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Roughness or severity of manner or life; harsh discipline; stern simplicity.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Harshness; severity of manners; harsh discipline.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. Severity of manners or living; strictness; roughness.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

Severity, mortified life, strictness; cruelty, harsh discipline.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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