Origin: Latin
suffix -al
Ascetical has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline
"ascetic practices"
2
practicing great self-denial
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
"a desert nomad's austere life"
"a spartan diet"
"a spartan existence"
Example Sentences
"ascetic practices"
adjective
"Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"
adjective
"a desert nomad's austere life"
adjective
"a spartan diet"
adjective
"a spartan existence"
adjective