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as·cet·ic
 (  -s  t   k)
KEY
NOUN:
- A person who renounces material comforts and leads a life of austere self-discipline, especially as an act of religious devotion.
ADJECTIVE:
- Leading a life of self-discipline and self-denial, especially for spiritual improvement. See Synonyms at severe.
- Pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic; self-denying and austere:
an ascetic existence.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Greek ask tikos, from Greek ask t s, practitioner, hermit, monk, from askein, to work
OTHER FORMS:
as·cet i·cal·ly
(Adverb)
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