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austere
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (aust?rós, “bitter, harsh”), having the specific meaning "making the tongue dry" (originally used of fruits, wines), related to ??? (aú?, “to singe”), ???? (aûos, “dry”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation): IPA(key): /??st??(?)/, /???st??(?)/
- (US)
- (General American) IPA(key): /??sti?/, enPR: ôst?r?
- (cot–caught merger, Inland Northern American): IPA(key): /??sti?/
- Rhymes: -??(?)
Adjective
austere (comparative austerer or more austere, superlative austerest or most austere)
- Grim or severe in manner or appearance
- Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy
Synonyms
- (grim or severe): stern, strict, forbidding
- (lacking trivial decoration): simple, plain, unadorned, unembellished
Antonyms
- (not lacking trivial decoration): overwrought, flamboyant, extravagant, gaudy, flashy
Derived terms
- austerity
- austerely
Translations
Italian
Adjective
austere f pl
- feminine plural of austero
Latin
Adjective
aust?re
- vocative masculine singular of aust?rus
References
- austere in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- austere in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Latvian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Perhaps related to Ancient Greek ??????? (óstreon).
Pronunciation
Noun
austere f (5th declension)
- oyster (certain edible bivalve mollusks of the order Ostreida)
Declension
Middle French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.
Adjective
austere m or f (plural austeres)
- austere; severe
Old French
Alternative forms
- haustere
- auster (masculine only)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin aust?rus.
Adjective
austere m (oblique and nominative feminine singular austere)
- (of a flavor) acrid; bitter
- austere; severe
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ferocious
English
Etymology
Taken from Latin ferox (“wild, bold, savage, fierce”) (with the suffix -ous), from ferus (“wild, savage, fierce”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???????s/
- Rhymes: -????s
Adjective
ferocious (comparative more ferocious, superlative most ferocious)
- Marked by extreme and violent energy.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 376]:
- But it seemed to me that there were few faces like his, with the ferocious profile that brought to mind the Latin word rapax or one of Rouault's crazed death-dealing arbitrary kings.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 376]:
- Extreme or intense.
Synonyms
- fierce
Derived terms
- ferociously
Related terms
- ferity
- ferocity
- fierce
- feral
Translations
Further reading
- ferocious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- ferocious in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ferocious at OneLook Dictionary Search
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