Spartan  

From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 00:13, 10 July 2009
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff
Revision as of 16:04, 30 September 2012
Jahsonic (Talk | contribs)

Next diff →
Line 6: Line 6:
# lacking in [[decoration]] and [[luxury]] # lacking in [[decoration]] and [[luxury]]
#: ''After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the '''spartan''' but serene life of a farmer's wife.'' #: ''After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the '''spartan''' but serene life of a farmer's wife.''
 +==See also==
 +*[[Sparta]]
{{GFDL}} {{GFDL}}

Revision as of 16:04, 30 September 2012

Related e

Wikipedia
Wiktionary
Shop


Featured:

  1. austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial
    I went on the retreat to the monastery thinking I would be sleeping in a spartan cell to discover a simple, but comfortable bedroom.
  2. resolute in the face of danger or adversity
    The spartan legionnaries vowed to fight to the death.
  3. lacking in decoration and luxury
    After ten years as a fashion designer in the rough-and-tumble Garment District, Eloise left New York for the spartan but serene life of a farmer's wife.

See also




Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Spartan" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.

Personal tools