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Austereness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being austere; harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. uncountable
  2. 2
    extreme plainness wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being austere; severity; strictness; austerity. uncountable

    "VVho will beleeue thee Iſabell? / My vnſoild name, th' auſteereneſſe of my life, / My vouch againſt you, and my place i'th State, / VVill ſo your accuſation ouer-vveigh, / That you ſhall ſtifle in your ovvne report, / And ſmell of calumnie."

Etymology

From austere + -ness.

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