austereness

== English == === Etymology === From austere +‎ -ness. === Noun === austereness (uncountable) The state of being austere harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. severity; strictness; austerity. === References === “austereness”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.