Both Uses of
austere
in
East of Eden
- a handsome, austere woman with snow-white hair and a dark and awful dignity.
Chpt 19 *austere = stern; or practicing great self-denial
- LATE IN NOVEMBER the Nigger died and was buried in black austerity, as her will demanded.†
Chpt 48austerity = a government policy in which significantly less money is spent than normal; or any notable absence of luxury, comfort, or decoration
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