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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extreme plainness;
[syn: austereness, severity, severeness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Austereness \Aus*tere"ness\, n.
   1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
      --Johnson.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Severity; strictness; austerity. --Shak.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

austereness
    n 1: extreme plainness [syn: austereness, severity,
         severeness]