Adjective
1. resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity;
"spartan courage"2. 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"3. 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"