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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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icy
English
Alternative forms
- icey (rare)
- ycie (obsolete)
Etymology
ice +? -y; cf. Old English ?si?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?si/
Adjective
icy (comparative icier, superlative iciest)
- Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in ice; cold; frosty.
- Covered with ice, wholly or partially.
- Characterized by coldness of manner; frigid; cold.
- 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride
- Gone was the gleam of desire, and the teasingly provocative remarks, and Alexa realised the truth in the saying that indifference was death. His demeanour was haughty and icy towards her.
- 2009, Sharon Kendrick, The Desert Princes Bundle: The Sheikh's English Bride
- (US, slang) To be wearing an excessive amount of jewelry, especially of the high-quality and expensive kind.
Related terms
- icily
- iciness
Translations
References
- icy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- icy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- CyI
Middle French
Adverb
icy
- here
Descendants
- French: ici
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