All 4 Uses of
ascetic
in
Arrowsmith
- On the stone steps of the Main Medical, two minutes after, appeared beneath the arc-light a tall figure, ascetic, self-contained, apart.†
Chpt 2
- he could not forget the cool ascetic hours in the laboratory
Chpt 10 *ascetic = relating to self-denial (of comfort and luxury)
- He went home desolately ascetic, and longed for Orchid all the night.†
Chpt 21
- Twyford looked doubtful, his mother looked delicately shocked, and the five sons beefily looked nothing at all, while Martin raged on, trying to convey his vision of the barbarian, the ascetic, the contemptuous acolyte of science.†
Chpt 34
Definition:
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(ascetic) someone who practices self-denial (often to encourage spiritual growth); or relating to such self-denial
or:
severely plain (without decoration)