ascetic, ascetical, austere, 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”
ascetic, ascetical
(adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; “ascetic practices”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ascetical (comparative more ascetical, superlative most ascetical)
ascetic
Source: Wiktionary
13 March 2025
(adjective) conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy; “an accurate reproduction”; “the accounting was accurate”; “accurate measurements”; “an accurate scale”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
