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Definition
a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial
- He was austere with himself ... and though he enjoyed the theatre, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years.p. 1.6
austere = strict in not enjoying luxury
There are no more uses of "austere" in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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