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ascetical
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective ascetical has 2 senses
- ascetical(a = adj.pert) ascetic - pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" Derived form noun ascetic1
- ascetical(s = adj.all) ascetic, austere, spartan - practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" Derived form noun ascetic1
CIDE DICTIONARY
ascetical, adj.
- pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic [WordNet 1.5]
- practicing great self-denial. [WordNet 1.5]"Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it." [1913 Webster]
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