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Russian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *strogostь. By surface analysis, стро́гий (strógij) + -ость (-ostʹ)
Pronunciation
Noun
стро́гость • (strógostʹ) f inan (genitive стро́гости, nominative plural стро́гости, genitive plural стро́гостей)
- severity, austerity
1869, Лев Толстой , “Том 2, Часть вторая, VI”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:Де́ло Пье́ра с До́лоховым бы́ло замя́то, и, несмотря́ на тогда́шнюю стро́гость госуда́ря в отноше́нии дуэ́лей, ни о́ба проти́вника, ни их секунда́нты не пострада́ли.- Délo Pʹjéra s Dóloxovym býlo zamjáto, i, nesmotrjá na togdášnjuju strógostʹ gosudárja v otnošénii duélej, ni óba protívnika, ni ix sekundánty ne postradáli.
- The duel between Pierre and Dólokhov was hushed up and, in spite of the Emperor's severity regarding duels at that time, neither the principals nor their seconds suffered for it.
- strictness
Declension