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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hermetic \Her*met"ic\, Hermetical \Her*met"ic*al\, a. [F.
     herm['e]tique. See Note under {Hermes}, 1.]
     1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as,
        hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. "Delusions
        of the hermetic art." --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]


  
              The alchemists, as the people were called who tried
              to make gold, considered themselves followers of
              Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic
              philosophers.                         --A. B.
                                                    Buckley.
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     2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes
        of diseases and the operations of medicine on the
        principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much
        use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic
        medicine.
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     3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no
        gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal.
        See Note under {Hermetically}.
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     {Hermetic art}, alchemy.
  
     {Hermetic books}.
        (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology.
        (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the
            nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine,
            and other topics.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hermetic
       adj : completely sealed; completely airtight

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  101 Moby Thesaurus words for "hermetic":
     abstruse, airtight, arcane, ballproof, bombproof, bulletproof,
     burglarproof, cabalistic, censored, classified, cloistered, close,
     closed, compact, concealed, corrosionproof, cryptic, dampproof,
     dark, deep, dustproof, dusttight, enigmatic, esoteric, fast,
     fire-resisting, fireproof, firm, flameproof, foolproof, gasproof,
     gastight, heavy, hermetical, hermetically sealed, hidden,
     holeproof, hush-hush, impervious, impervious to, latent, leakproof,
     lightproof, lighttight, mysterious, noiseproof, occult, oilproof,
     oiltight, profound, proof, proof against, punctureproof, rainproof,
     raintight, recluse, resistant, restricted, rustproof, sealed,
     secluse, seclusive, secret, sequestered, shatterproof, shellproof,
     shut fast, smokeproof, smoketight, smothered, snug, soundproof,
     staunch, stifled, stormproof, stormtight, suppressed, tight,
     top secret, ulterior, unbreatheable, under security, under wraps,
     undisclosable, undisclosed, undivulgable, undivulged, unrevealable,
     unrevealed, unspoken, untellable, untold, unutterable, unuttered,
     unwhisperable, water-repellant, waterproof, watertight,
     weatherproof, windproof, windtight
  
  

















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