Grim or severe in manner or appearance / Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy

(Roman mythology) The god of the south wind. / (poetic) The south wind, especially when personified.

harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. / severity; strictness; austerity.

In an austere manner.

Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”)

Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline. / Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.

plural of austerity

comparative form of austere: more austere

superlative form of austere: most austere

Of or relating to Paul Auster (born 1947), American author and director whose writing blends absurdism, existentialism, crime fiction, and the search for identity and personal meaning.