Austere

Webster's Condensed Dictionary- A Condensed Dictionary of the English Language · 1909 · p. 50

aw-ster', a. Sour with astringency; severe in modes of judgment, living, or acting; rigid; harsh; — rough; stern. [Gr. austeros.J— Austerely, adv. Austere'ne , -sterity, -stSr'I-tt, n.