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spartan
(encz) | spartan,spartánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spartan
(encz) | spartan,spartský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
spartan
(encz) | Spartan, adj: |
Spartan
(gcide) | Spartan \Spar"tan\, a. [L. Spartanus.]
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;
hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
-- n. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a
person of great courage and fortitude.
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spartan
(wn) | Spartan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its
people
2: resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan
courage"
3: unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment; "a
parent severe to the pitch of hostility"- H.G.Wells; "a hefty
six-footer with a rather severe mien"; "a strict
disciplinarian"; "a Spartan upbringing" [syn: severe,
spartan]
4: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically
ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you
would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's
austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn:
ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan]
n 1: a resident of Sparta |
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spartanize
(encz) | Spartanize, |
spartanizes
(encz) | Spartanizes, |
Spartan
(gcide) | Spartan \Spar"tan\, a. [L. Spartanus.]
Of or pertaining to Sparta, especially to ancient Sparta;
hence, hardy; undaunted; as, Spartan souls; Spartan bravey.
-- n. A native or inhabitant of Sparta; figuratively, a
person of great courage and fortitude.
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spartan strict
(gcide) | nonindulgent \nonindulgent\ adj.
1. not indulgent. [Narrower terms: {austere, forbidding,
stern ; {blue(prenominal), puritan, puritanical ;
{corrective, disciplinary, disciplinal ; {monkish ;
{renunciant, renunciative, self-abnegating, self-denying
; {self-disciplined ; {spartan, strict ] Also See
abstemious. Antonym: indulgent.
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2. unpermissive. Opposite of permissive.
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