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Meaning of Austereness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. The state of being austere
  2. harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
  3. severity; strictness; austerity.

Equivalents

العربية البساطة

Examples

“VVho will beleeue thee Iſabell? / My vnſoild name, th' auſteereneſſe of my life, / My vouch againſt you, and my place i'th State, / VVill ſo your accuſation ouer-vveigh, / That you ſhall ſtifle in your ovvne report, / And ſmell of calumnie.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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