Found 2 items, similar to ascetical.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: ascetical ascetical adj 1: pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; “ascetic practices” [syn: ascetic] 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, austere, spartan]
English → English (gcide) Definition: ascetical 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]