spartan
Other forms: spartanly
A spartan existence is kind of like being a monk. Your room is bare, you live simply and eat sparingly, and your sheets are probably scratchy.
In ancient Greece, there were two great city states: Athens and Sparta. Athens had the artists, the good food, the great parties. Sparta had the warriors — the guys who went to bed early and drilled all day. They lived in bare rooms and didn’t get sick days or time off. A spartan life is a life of discipline and self-denial. Some people like it like that. Go figure.
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unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgmentsynonyms: severe
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practicing great self-denial“a spartan diet”“a spartan existence”abstemioussparing in consumption of especially food and drink
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resolute in the face of pain or danger or adversity“spartan courage”synonyms:resolutefirm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination
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