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hermetic

[ hur-met-ik ]

adjective

  1. made airtight by fusion or sealing.
  2. not affected by outward influence or power; isolated.
  3. (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or characteristic of occult science, especially alchemy.
  4. (initial capital letter) of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings ascribed to him.


Hermetic

1

/ ³óÉœËˈ³¾É›³Ùɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings and teachings ascribed to him
  2. of or relating to ancient science, esp alchemy
  3. esoteric or recondite
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

hermetic

2

/ ³óÉœËˈ³¾É›³Ùɪ°ì /

adjective

  1. sealed so as to be airtight
  2. hidden or protected from the outside world
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³ó±ð°ùˈ³¾±ð³Ù¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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  • ³Ü²Ôh±ð°ù·³¾±ð³Ùi³¦ adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hermetic1

1630–40; < Medieval Latin ³ó±ð°ù³¾Å§³Ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ of, pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus, equivalent to Latin ±á±ð°ù³¾Å§ ( s ) Hermes + -ticus -tic
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hermetic1

see hermetic

Origin of hermetic2

C17: from Medieval Latin ³ó±ð°ù³¾Å§³Ù¾±³¦³Ü²õ belonging to Hermes Trismegistus , traditionally the inventor of a magic seal
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Example Sentences

Previous generations didn’t have the chance to taste some version of the hermetic bliss millions of us were exposed to over the past five years.

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Once a place where friends and family entered through perpetually open doors, the space becomes hermetic and airless when curtains are drawn to hide the men who have come to disrupt this idyllic refuge.

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Courogen, a journalist and visual content director based in New York, reached out countless times to May’s “people,†a small clutch of confidants that keep a tight lid on 92-year-old May’s hermetic world.

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A femtosecond laser uses a short pulse of infrared light that melts the glass together to form a strong, hermetic seal.

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It is a spellbinding, hermetic discourse of restoration that mutates into a malignant formulation for rejecting democratic values and thwarting reasoned deliberation.

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