Hermetic

Word HERMETIC
Character 8
Hyphenation her met ic
Pronunciations /hə(ɹ)ˈmɛtɪk/

Definitions and meanings of "Hermetic"

What do we mean by hermetic?

Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air. adjective

Impervious to outside interference or influence. adjective

Of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the works ascribed to him. adjective

Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical. adjective

Of or pertaining to Hermes.

cap. or lowercase Pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus, or to the theosophy, cosmogony, and later alchemy and astrology associated with his name; alchemic.

Of or pertaining to a hermes: as, a hermetic column.

Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. adjective

Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid. adjective

Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape. See Note under Hermetically. adjective

Alchemy. adjective

Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics. adjective

Of or pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus. adjective

Of or pertaining to alchemy or occult practices. adjective

Obscure; secret or unrevealed. adjective

Isolated, away from outside influence. adjective

Airtight or gas-tight; impervious to air or gases. adjective

Completely sealed; completely airtight adjective

(chiefly with capital initial) Pertaining to Hermes Trismegistus or the writings attributed to him.

Pertaining to alchemy or occult practices; magical, alchemical.

Hermetically sealed.

Isolated, away from outside influence.

Hermiting means the act of being a hermet crab staying in its shell but a human staying inside their house and not socializing with anyone. Urban Dictionary

Sealed by a dude to a reasonable degree Urban Dictionary

Everything can be hermetic Urban Dictionary

A vagina with so narrow a vulva that even air, in jocular parlance, cannot enter. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hermetic

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The word "hermetic" in example sentences

It is progressive to not only increase knowledge of the world, but to spread this knowledge as widely as possible; to wrap one's arguments in hermetic language is itself reactionary, supporting the position that there is a select "elite" who can understand these issues and cutting pretty much everyone else off from them. ❋ Skzbrust (2007)

We pollute, litter and desecrate our own country because we live in hermetic air-conditioned vinyl castles. ❋ Unknown (2004)

He knows how to work with a composer he described as "hermetic, private and living in the extreme remoteness of the Orkney Islands, where you can't easily get hold of him, so it all has to happen rather at arm's length." ❋ By MICHAEL WHITE (2011)

The little we have learned is called hermetic knowledge, and the spells that summon forth their true appearance is called the cabala by some. ❋ Young Geoffrion (2009)

When later in life her work was called hermetic and she herself a "sacred monster," it was to her own great dismay. ❋ Moore, Lorrie (2009)

Carnac would repeat the phrase, rip the "hermetic" seal, blow into the envelope, repeat the phrase again, then reveal the inner query: ❋ Unknown (2008)

Aegineta, and for that matter in certain Egyptian papyri (especially a certain very famous one, still extant, of which Clement of Alexandria speaks as a secret or 'hermetic' book), we can trace the broken and scattered stones of a great edifice of ancient chemistry. ❋ Various (N/A)

Even to this day, we use the term "hermetic" in the sense of "secret"; ❋ Three Initiates (N/A)

In all accounts of the BP rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico and in the lexicon of horizontal hydraulic fracturing, one word, and the most important word imaginable to my mind, is never mentioned, namely, "hermetic," as in "hermetic seal." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Defense officials stress that even the best missile defense will not provide "hermetic" protection against Kassams, Grads, mortars and similar weaponry. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In other words, THOSE phrases and THOSE usages are (potentially!) not inherently "hermetic" at all - not self-isolating or obscuring to outsiders, but quite the opposite! ❋ Unknown (2008)

"hermetic" poetry of the dolce stil nuovo Dante later adds, without ever betraying his own moral integrity, the violence of human and political invective, not dictated by his aversions, but by his internal standard of justice which is religious in the universal sense. ❋ Unknown (1959)

It defies the hermetic, hospital-like lexicon of the English-speaking bathroom. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

In these ways, denominationalism has become less significant as a basis for social and cultural tensions and divisions… As the population has become better educated, denominational barriers have ceased to function as hermetic categories of religious identification.37 ❋ Robert D. Putnam (2010)

A fascination for other cultures, the theater, the elderly and the hermetic world of artists are all linked to her "need" to pierce the mysteries of worlds that are all too frequently ignored by most mainstream media. ❋ Tobias Grey (2011)

Moreover, North Korea's civilians are not, despite decades of effort by Pyongyang, totally ignorant about conditions outside the hermetic state. ❋ John Bolton (2011)

[Staying in] his [house] hermeting ❋ Hermeting - Hermet (2015)

Dan hermetically [sealed] the chips for Brian in a [ziplock] [baggie]. ❋ Pseudonym (2005)

my [breakfast] [tasted] [hermetic] my boyfriend is very hermetic ❋ Hermetic Guy (2019)

His [wife] has a hermetic vagina and so he has not had sex with her for [donkey]’s years. Still, he has not [divorced] her. ❋ Uttam Maharjan (2012)

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