spartan
pronunciation
How to pronounce spartan in British English:
UK [ˈspɑ:tn]
How to pronounce spartan in American English:
US [ˈspɑrtn]
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- Adjective:
- resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity
- unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment
- practicing great self-denial
Word Origin
- Spartan (n.)
- early 15c., "citizen of the ancient Greek city of Sparta" (q.v.), from Latin Spartanus. As an adjective from 1580s; meaning "characterized by frugality or courage" is from 1640s.
Example
- 1. The housing is similarly spartan , and relentlessly dun .
- 2. Leonidas was killed and his body was beheaded to instigate anger among the spartan army .
- 3. When the trojan paris absconded with helen , wife of the spartan king , war exploded .
- 4. The old wasps were notoriously cheap , sent their children to spartan boarding schools , and insisted on financial sobriety .
- 5. Supposedly he covered 150 miles in two days but the spartan troops arrived too late to fight since by then the battle was over .