different between austere vs inexorable

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)

1. Grim or severe in manner or appearance

2. 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

1. feminine plural of austero

Latin

Adjective

aust?re

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. (of a flavor) acrid; bitter
2. austere; severe

English

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inex?r?bilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ex?r?bilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Ex?r?bilis is derived from ex?r?re (from ex?r? (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ?r? (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ?s (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éh?os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ks???b?l/, /?n??ks??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?ks??b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: in?ex?or?a?ble

Adjective

inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)

1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable

   Antonym: exorable
2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

   Antonym: exorable
3. Adamant; severe.

   Antonym: exorable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• inexorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inexorable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inexorabilis.

Adjective

inexorable (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Derived terms

• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n??.z?.?abl/

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

   Synonym: inéluctable

Derived terms

• inexorabilité
• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Related terms

• inexorablemente