Ascetical

2 definitions found

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

  ascetical \ascetical\ adj.
     1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic ascetical
        practices
  
     Syn: ascetic
          [WordNet 1.5]


  
     2. practicing great self-denial.
  
     Syn: ascetic, austere, spartan
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
                Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something
                for no other reason than that you would rather not
                do it.                              --William
                                                    James.
          [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ascetical
       adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the
              practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic
              practices" [syn: {ascetic}]
       2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically
          ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you
          would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's
          austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"
          [syn: {ascetic}, {austere}, {spartan}]