ascetic
/əˈsetɪk/uh-SEH-tik
/əˈsɛtɪk/uh-SEH-tik
Meaningin training
Common meaning: practising strict self-denial
- ascetto exercise, trainLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 124 · scan
- icadjective ending: relating to
Journey through time
- Greekἀσκέω‘to exercise, train’
- Englishascetic‘practising strict self-denial’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Greek ἀσκέω ‘to exercise, train’.
Roots
- ἀσκέω Greek “to exercise, train”
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