The Only Use
austere
in
Gone with the Wind
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- She had never seen her mother stirred from her austere placidity, nor her personal appointments anything but perfect, no matter what the hour of day or night.†
Chpt 1.3austere = a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration; or stern in manner
Definitions:
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(1)
(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)