from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
ascetical
adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the
practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"
[syn: {ascetic}, {ascetical}]
2: practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically
ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you
would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's
austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence" [syn:
{ascetic}, {ascetical}, {austere}, {spartan}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
ascetical \ascetical\ adj.
1. pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic ascetical
practices
Syn: ascetic
[WordNet 1.5]
2. practicing great self-denial.
Syn: ascetic, austere, spartan
[WordNet 1.5]
Be systematically ascetic . . . do . . . something
for no other reason than that you would rather not
do it. --William
James.
[1913 Webster]