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ascetick

ascetick is the obsolete spelling of ascetic.

Meaning of ascetic

Adjective

ascetic (comparative more ascetic, superlative most ascetic)

  1. Of or relating to ascetics.
    Synonyms:
    ascetical
  2. Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.
    • In a word, the stern, ascetic rigor of the temple discipline, which had been so long exchanged for prodigal and licentious indulgence, seemed at once to have revived at Templestowe under the severe eye of Lucas Beaumanoir.1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe: A Romance, published 1868, page 151
    Synonyms:
    abstinent, ascetical

See all 3 meanings of ascetic

Forms of ascetick

Adjective
comparativemore ascetick
superlativemost ascetick
Noun
pluralasceticks

Questions about ascetick

What is ascetick the obsolete spelling of?
Ascetick is the obsolete spelling of ascetic.

Words near ascetick in the dictionary

  1. ascetically
  2. asceticism
  3. asceticisms
  4. asceticist
  5. asceticists
  6. ascetick
  7. asceticks
  8. ascetics
  9. Aschaffenburg
  10. aschaffite
  11. ascham

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