pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the
practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices" Synonym(s):ascetic, ascetical
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" Synonym(s):ascetic, ascetical, austere, spartan