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austere(dictionary)

upholder (iou) and austere (iou)


upholder (iou)



upholder noun. ME.
[from UPHOLD + -ER1.]
a. An upholsterer (now only as a guild-name). Formerly also, a dealer in small wares or secondhand goods. ME.
Times The Lord Mayor..attended the annual dinner of the Upholders' Company.
b. An undertaker. E18-E20.
A person who or thing which upholds someone or something. LME.
J. Woodall Wheat flower..is the principall naturall upholder of the life and Health of man. H. Carpenter I was an upholder of the old stern doctrines.

austere (iou)



austere adjective. ME.
[Old & mod. French austere from Latin austerus from Greek austeros severe.]
I.
Stern in manner, appearance, or disposition; severe in judgement. ME.
Browning They would be gentle, not austere. E. O'Neill His mask-like face is..grimly remote and austere in death.
b. Resolute in warfare. ME.
C. M. Yonge Simon, Count de Montfort, an austere warrior.
Severe in self-discipline; stringently moral; strict. LME.
Ld Macaulay To these austere fanatics a holiday was an object of positive disgust. W. S. Churchill He ruled according to the laws, and he made it known that these were to be administered in austere detachment from his executive authority.
Severely simple; without any luxury. L16.
R. Macaulay I'm afraid our meals are rather austere..Our meat ration is so tiny. J. K. Galbraith An austere community is free from temptation...Not so a rich one. L. Deighton The white-painted office was bare and austere.
Grave, sober, serious. M17.
Milton Eve..With sweet austeer composure thus reply'd.
II.
Harsh to the taste; astringent and bitter or sour. arch. LME.
W. Cowper The bramble, black as jet, or sloes austere.
austerely adverb LME.
austereness noun LME.