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ascetic
ascetic
adj
Gk 'monk', 'hermit', 'exercised, hardened'.
Abstemious; austere; celibate; reclusive; rigorous; spare; engaged in devotions and mortifications; [fig.] colder and less colorful; less beautiful in nature.