Associations to the word «Spartan»

Wiktionary

SPARTAN, adjective. Austere, frugal, characterized by self-denial.
SPARTAN, adjective. Resolute in the face of danger or adversity.
SPARTAN, adjective. Lacking in decoration and luxury.
SPARTAN, proper noun. A citizen of Sparta.
SPARTAN, adjective. Of or relating to Sparta or its citizens.
SPARTAN, adjective. Alternative spelling of spartan
SPARTAN, noun. A red apple cultivar from British Columbia, Canada

Dictionary definition

SPARTAN, noun. A resident of Sparta.
SPARTAN, adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Sparta or its people.
SPARTAN, adjective. Resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity; "spartan courage".
SPARTAN, adjective. 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".
SPARTAN, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats