austerity
1. Sourness and harshness to the taste. [Obs.] Horsley. 2. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. The austerity of John the Baptist. Milton. 3. Plainness; freedom from adornment; severe simplicity. Partly owing to the studied austerity of her dress, and partly to the lack of demonstration in her manners. Hawthorne.
Length: 9Scrabble® value: 12Words With Friends® value: 12
Numerology value: 3 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.
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