Definitions
Wiktionary
- adj. Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
- adj. Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
- adj. Lacking in decoration and luxury.
Etymologies
- By analogy with the ancient Spartans, who famously possessed the qualities which "spartan" now describes. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“I won't use the word spartan, but there's not too much ceremony.”
The Wall Street Journal: Electoral College Meets to Begin Final Steps
“Throw in spartan cold, and you get Al Franken, Barak Obama, Kwame Kilpatrick and Tom Harkin.”
Al Franken bravely goes after GOP *staffers*… - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState
“Despite his reputation for debauchery, his rumored orgies seem to have been fictional, and the supposedly hedonistic pope followed what Duffy calls a "spartan and coarse diet" heavy on sardines.”
“Men like to keep their bathrooms distinctly spartan, that is until a girlfriend arrives and inevitably stakes her claim.”
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“The truth is that every top leader, including L.K. Advani, Arun Jaitley, Nitin Gadkari and the chief ministers and deputy chief ministers, stayed put in the tents that can be described as spartan, but comfortable.”
“The Pro Football Hall of Fame member, now 73 years old, recalls the spartan Marion County coal camp of his youth, where his teachers Mrs. Hornyak and Mr. Wolfe made lasting impressions.”
“Poking into the Butler skyline, the building is best described as spartan and secure.”
“The VideoCrawler interface, which one might describe as spartan, lets you drag and drop windows, like the video player or the channels feature.”
“He noted that trade volume remained "spartan" as most investors stuck to the sidelines.”
The Wall Street Journal: Asian Stocks Drop on Wall Street Slide
“When you say "spartan," do you mean it has a table or what?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘spartan’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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G[r]eek
A collection of words found in English that are either purely Greek or have Greek etymology.
Please add with caution and certainty. Will be regularly updated by me.etymology, philosophy, laconic, disharmony, patriarchic, archaic, phlogiston, aether, aeon, angel, arachnid, rhythm and 346 more...
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allover
reintegrate, spight, surveillant, harmonize, Colophon, workplace, bigoted, unsighted, bridgework, salutation, voltmeter, octane and 159 more...
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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Realia from Everywhere
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January 2012
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very good words must use in writing
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personality traits
Ways you can behave, think, or feel.
capricious, whimsical, pragmatic, quixotic, petulant, precocious, gregarious, meticulous, spartan, stoic, pious, stalwart
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Shadowkeir's list
This list, the one shown below this very message, is a collection of words that you cannot begin to fathom how much I adore. The list will also feature atithesis and contrasting words such as the t...
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GRE Reference
A list of words unfamiliar to me that I have repeatedly encountered in GRE question sets.
parochial, clique, salacious, aegis, ostracize, conceited, sacrilegious, inane, serendipity, gourmand, polemic, tenuous and 138 more...
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Tip-Top Toponymic
Place names that have entered general speech. Toponyms that interest me in other ways are on Place Names Of Distinction
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Just 'cause I like 'em, S
scrunch, solace, sabotage, saccade, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, sacristy, snappy, skew, steadfast, scowl, scorch and 781 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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The Sog Collection
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chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Wordplay
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jagosaurus's favorites
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