Both Uses of
austere
in
Walden
- If by living thus reserved and austere, like a hermit in the woods, so long, it has acquired such wonderful purity,
Chpt 9 *austere = practicing great self-denial
- All that he could think of was to practise some new austerity, to let his mind descend into his body and redeem it, and treat himself with ever increasing respect.†
Chpt 11
Definition:
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(austere) a notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
or:
of a person: stern in manner; or practicing great self-denial