Word of the Day – Ascetic

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.”