Austere
Austere ({not transcribed})
[French austère, Latin austerus, from Greek {not transcribed}, from {not transcribed} to parch, dry. Compare Sear.]
1.
Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
2.
Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose.
3.
Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.