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hermeticism
Variant of hermetic
adjective
- of or derived from Hermes Trismegistus and his lore
- magical; alchemic
- hard to understand; obscure
- completely sealed by fusion, soldering, etc. so as to keep air or gas from getting in or out; airtightalso hermetical
Related Forms:
- hermetically adverb
- hermeticism noun
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