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hermetical

hermetical is the alternative form of hermetic.

Meaning of hermetic

Adjective

hermetic (comparative more hermetic, superlative most hermetic)

  1. (Greek, capitalized) Pertaining to the ancient Greek Olympian god Hermes.
  2. (capitalized) Pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings attributed to him.
  3. (capitalized) One who follows/worships Hermes.
    • "As above, so below" is an axiom from Hermetic mysticism, and in this Hermetic vision of physiology the tongue is connected through the spinal column to the penis.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 16
  4. Pertaining to alchemy or occult practices; magical, alchemical.
    • Newton subscribed to the hermetic notion that the true knowledge of the universe had been earlier revealed by God to the ancients, the prisci theologi.1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic
  5. Hermetically sealed.
  6. Isolated, away from outside influence.
    • In other words, it is a mistake to regard this or any film text 'as if it were merely hermetic', or an isolated island.2010, Paul Bowman, Theorizing Bruce Lee: Film-fantasy-fighting-philosophy, →ISBN, page 106

Forms of hermetical

comparativemore hermetical
superlativemost hermetical

Questions about hermetical

What is hermetical the alternative form of?
Hermetical is the alternative form of hermetic.

Words near hermetical in the dictionary

  1. Hermesianism
  2. Hermesians
  3. hermetic
  4. hermetic seal
  5. hermetic seals
  6. hermetical
  7. hermetically
  8. hermetically seal
  9. hermetically sealed
  10. hermetically sealing
  11. hermetically seals

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