ascetic

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to ascetics
• Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure.

Noun

• One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence.

Related

Similar words

• ascetical
• abstinent, ascetical

Origin

• 17th century, from Medieval Latin asceticus, from Ancient Greek ἀσκητικός, from ἀσκητής, from ἀσκέω.