ASCETICAL

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


Adjective

ascetical (comparative more ascetical, superlative most ascetical)

ascetic

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

12 June 2025

RAREFACTION

(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”


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Coffee Trivia

Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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