her|met|ic

her|met|ic
her|met|ic «hur MEHT ihk», adjective.
1. a) closed tightly so that air cannot get in or out; airtight: »

The bottle has a hermetic seal.

b) Figurative. tightly sealed; confined: »

None of man's works are so hermetic that a little of truth does not seep out (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

2. a) magical; alchemical. b) Figurative. abstruse; obscure: »

His two volumes are not hermetic, but they are not easy, either (Joseph Alsop).

[< Medieval Latin hermeticus < Greek Hermês (tris mégistos) Hermes Trismegistus (because he knew the secrets of alchemy)]
her|met´i|cal|ly, adverb.
Her|met|ic «hur MEHT ihk», adjective.
of or having to do with Hermes Trismegistus or the writings and beliefs attributed to him: »

The Hermetic philosopher Robert Fludd…aimed, like Giulio Camillo, at a universal memory (New Yorker).


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