austerenessn.

Brit.

/ɔːˈstɪənəs/,

/ɒˈstɪənəs/, U.S.

/ɔˈstɪrnəs/,

/ɑˈstɪrnəs/

Forms: late Middle English–1500s austernesse, 1600s austerenes, 1600s austerenesse, 1600s– austereness.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: austere adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < austere adj. + -ness suffix. Compare austerity n.

1. Austere quality or character; harshness, sternness, severity; (also) severe self-denial, asceticism.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun]

sharpness1340

austerenessa1450

austerityc1450

rigourc1450

severity1481

severeness1579

asceticism1845

ascetism1850

society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness

rethenesseOE

grimness971

hardnessOE

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

fiercetya1382

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

raddourc1440

austerenessa1450

severity1530

cruelness1537

cruelty1556

severeness1579

tender mercies1611

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

hard-handedness1849

starkness1884

the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > strict or rigorous conformity

austerenessa1450

rigour1536

preciseness1545

precisianism1573

rigorism1704

precisionism1868

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun]

rethenesseOE

grimness971

sternhead1297

sharpnessa1325

reddoura1375

sternness1382

fiercenessc1384

sturdinessc1384

duressc1400

fellnessc1410

austeritya1425

harshnessc1480

roughness1530

severity1530

durity1543

ungentleness1548

severeness1579

ruggedness1638

atrocity1641

austereness1646

piquancya1677

Draconianism1819

astringency1823

Draconism1832

starkness1884

a1450 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Corpus Cambr.) (1850) Esther xv. 10 [a1425 Royal Whanne he hadde reisid the face and hadde schewid the] austernesse [L. furorem; Royal continues of herte with brennynge iȝen, the queen felde doun].

1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 392/2 S. Paul condemned them that through austernesse of life [Fr. austerite de vie]..serued God.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 372 If an indifferent and unridiculous object could draw his habituall austerenesse unto a smile.

1696 tr. G. Croese Gen. Hist. Quakers i. 90 The Men of this World..accounted them as it were the scum and off-scourings of Men, for the austereness and severity of their Manners.

1748 W. Melmoth tr. Pliny Lett. II. xxi. 489 To temper gravity with gaiety, lest the former should degenerate into austereness.

1767 Diss. upon Head Dress 8 What is it but to think that gentlemen..have neither sedateness of countenance nor austereness of brow, as the exigency of any case may require?

1822 Christian Guardian 1 Dec. 485/1 Nothing is to be more cautiously guarded against than that repulsive severity, that monastic austereness, so foreign to the Christian system.

1836 J. H. Newman in Lyra Apost. xxiii. 26 I saw Thy face In kind austereness clad.

1892 ‘M. Field’ Sight & Song 24 Gems, amulets and fine ball-fringes keep Their raiment from austereness.

1924 Rotarian Nov. 11/1 I believe that more boys go wrong just because of this austereness and aloofness of fathers than from any other cause.

1963 New Scientist 1 Aug. 260/2 It [sc. a novel] has been criticised for its austereness of perspective and for the lack of any conventional hero.

2007 J. Borkum Chronic Headaches iii. 72 Medical tests that were almost other-worldly in their austereness.

†2. With reference to taste or smell: astringent sourness or bitterness; harshness. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > astringency

stypticityc1400

ponticity?a1425

stypticnessc1425

harshnessc1480

stypticalness1528

austerity1634

restringency1659

austereness1668

1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. viii. 217 Austereness, Harshness, sowr, tart.

1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 585 An austerenes that must be allay'd..with a little Sugar.

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Austerity, Austereness of Taste, that which denominates a Sapid Body.

1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses xix. 41 The Roughness and Austereness of the Smell entering through their Mouth and their Nostrils into their inward Parts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	austereness
释义	austerenessn. Brit. /ɔːˈstɪənəs/, /ɒˈstɪənəs/, U.S. /ɔˈstɪrnəs/, /ɑˈstɪrnəs/ Forms: late Middle English–1500s austernesse, 1600s austerenes, 1600s austerenesse, 1600s– austereness. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: austere adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < austere adj. + -ness suffix. Compare austerity n. 1. Austere quality or character; harshness, sternness, severity; (also) severe self-denial, asceticism. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > asceticism > [noun] sharpness1340 austerenessa1450 austerityc1450 rigourc1450 severity1481 severeness1579 asceticism1845 ascetism1850 society > authority > strictness > [noun] > severity or sternness rethenesseOE grimness971 hardnessOE sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 fiercetya1382 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 raddourc1440 austerenessa1450 severity1530 cruelness1537 cruelty1556 severeness1579 tender mercies1611 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 hard-handedness1849 starkness1884 the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > [noun] > acting according to some standard, fashion, etc. > strict or rigorous conformity austerenessa1450 rigour1536 preciseness1545 precisianism1573 rigorism1704 precisionism1868 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] rethenesseOE grimness971 sternhead1297 sharpnessa1325 reddoura1375 sternness1382 fiercenessc1384 sturdinessc1384 duressc1400 fellnessc1410 austeritya1425 harshnessc1480 roughness1530 severity1530 durity1543 ungentleness1548 severeness1579 ruggedness1638 atrocity1641 austereness1646 piquancya1677 Draconianism1819 astringency1823 Draconism1832 starkness1884 a1450 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Corpus Cambr.) (1850) Esther xv. 10 [a1425 Royal Whanne he hadde reisid the face and hadde schewid the] austernesse [L. furorem; Royal continues of herte with brennynge iȝen, the queen felde doun]. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 392/2 S. Paul condemned them that through austernesse of life [Fr. austerite de vie]..serued God. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 372 If an indifferent and unridiculous object could draw his habituall austerenesse unto a smile. View more context for this quotation 1696 tr. G. Croese Gen. Hist. Quakers i. 90 The Men of this World..accounted them as it were the scum and off-scourings of Men, for the austereness and severity of their Manners. 1748 W. Melmoth tr. Pliny Lett. II. xxi. 489 To temper gravity with gaiety, lest the former should degenerate into austereness. 1767 Diss. upon Head Dress 8 What is it but to think that gentlemen..have neither sedateness of countenance nor austereness of brow, as the exigency of any case may require? 1822 Christian Guardian 1 Dec. 485/1 Nothing is to be more cautiously guarded against than that repulsive severity, that monastic austereness, so foreign to the Christian system. 1836 J. H. Newman in Lyra Apost. xxiii. 26 I saw Thy face In kind austereness clad. 1892 ‘M. Field’ Sight & Song 24 Gems, amulets and fine ball-fringes keep Their raiment from austereness. 1924 Rotarian Nov. 11/1 I believe that more boys go wrong just because of this austereness and aloofness of fathers than from any other cause. 1963 New Scientist 1 Aug. 260/2 It [sc. a novel] has been criticised for its austereness of perspective and for the lack of any conventional hero. 2007 J. Borkum Chronic Headaches iii. 72 Medical tests that were almost other-worldly in their austereness. †2. With reference to taste or smell: astringent sourness or bitterness; harshness. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > astringency stypticityc1400 ponticity?a1425 stypticnessc1425 harshnessc1480 stypticalness1528 austerity1634 restringency1659 austereness1668 1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. ii. viii. 217 Austereness, Harshness, sowr, tart. 1676 J. Beal in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 11 585 An austerenes that must be allay'd..with a little Sugar. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Austerity, Austereness of Taste, that which denominates a Sapid Body. 1748 tr. Vegetius Of Distempers Horses xix. 41 The Roughness and Austereness of the Smell entering through their Mouth and their Nostrils into their inward Parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.a1450
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