Ascetic (adj)
as-et-ik
Characterized by severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, typically for religious reasons.
Mid 17th century: from medieval Latin asceticus or Greek askētikos, from askētēs ‘monk’, from askein ‘to exercise’.
Example sentences
“He lived an ascetic life of prayer, and fasting.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
