Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Ascetic
ascetic, adj. [Gk 'monk', 'hermit', 'exercised, hardened'.]
Abstemious; austere; celibate; reclusive; rigorous; spare; engaged in devotions and mortifications; [fig.] colder and less colorful; less beautiful in nature.
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