Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - hermetic
Hermetic
hermetic
adj. (also hermetical) 1 with an airtight closure. 2 protected from outside agencies. 3 a of alchemy or other occult sciences (hermetic art). b esoteric. Phrases and idioms hermetic seal an airtight seal (orig. as used by alchemists). Derivatives hermetically adv. hermetism n. Etymology: mod.L hermeticus irreg. f. Hermes Trismegistus thrice-greatest Hermes (as the founder of alchemy) HERMIT n. 1 an early Christian recluse. 2 any person living in solitude. Phrases and idioms hermit-crab any crab of the family Paguridae that lives in a cast-off mollusc shell for protection. hermit thrush a migratory N. American thrush, Catharus guttatus. Derivatives hermitic adj. Etymology: ME f. OF (h)ermite or f. LL eremita f. Gk eremites f. eremia desert f. eremos solitary
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also ~al adjective Etymology: Medieval Latin ~us, from Hermet-, Hermes Trismegistus Date: 1605 1. often capitalized of or relating to the Gnostic writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries A.D. and attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, relating to or characterized by occultism or abstruseness ; recondite, 2. from the belief that Hermes Trismegistus invented a magic seal to keep vessels airtight] airtight , impervious to external influence , recluse, solitary , ~ally adverb ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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