overseverity
ɪ noun, plural se·ver·i·ties.
1.
harshness, sternness, or rigor: Their lives were marked by severity.
2.
austere simplicity, as of style, manner, or taste: The severity of the decor was striking.
3.
intensity or sharpness, as of cold or pain.
4.
grievousness; hard or trying character or effect: The severity of his loss was finally becoming apparent.
5.
rigid exactness or accuracy.
6.
an instance of strict or severe behavior, punishment, etc.
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severe (sɪˈvɪə) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | rigorous or harsh in the treatment of others; strict: a severe parent |
| 2. | serious in appearance or manner; stern |
| 3. | critical or dangerous: a severe illness |
| 4. | causing misery or discomfort by its harshness: severe weather |
| 5. | strictly restrained in appearance; austere: a severe way of dressing |
| 6. | hard to endure, perform, or accomplish: a severe test |
| 7. | rigidly precise or exact |
| [C16: from Latin sevērus] | |
| se'verely | |
| —adv | |
| se'vereness | |
| —n | |
| severity | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
severity
late 15c., "austerity or strictness of life," from M.Fr. severite, from L. severitas, from severus "stern, strict, serious," possibly from *se vero "without kindness," from se "without" (see secret) + *vero "kindness," neuter ablative of verus "true" (see
very). Meaning "strictness in dealing with others" is recorded from 1520s.
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