Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - ascetic
Ascetic
ascetic
n. & adj. --n. a person who practises severe self-discipline and abstains from all forms of pleasure, esp. for religious or spiritual reasons. --adj. relating to or characteristic of ascetics or asceticism; abstaining from pleasure. Derivatives ascetically adv. asceticism n. Etymology: med.L asceticus or Gk asketikos f. asketes monk f. askeo exercise
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also ~al adjective Etymology: Greek askētikos, literally, laborious, from askētēs one that exercises, hermit, from askein to work, exercise Date: 1646 practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline, austere in appearance, manner, or attitude, see: severe ~ noun ~ally adverb ~ism noun ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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