Definitions
completely sealed; completely airtight
Word origin
From Medieval Latin hermeticus, irregular derivation of Hermes Trismegistus, the god and mythological alchemist, said to possess a magic ability to seal treasure chests so that nothing could access their contents.
Used in a sentence
“"As above, so below" is an axiom from Hermetic mysticism, and in this Hermetic vision of physiology the tongue is connected through the spinal column to the penis.”
“Newton subscribed to the hermetic notion that the true knowledge of the universe had been earlier revealed by God to the ancients, the prisci theologi.”
“In other words, it is a mistake to regard this or any film text 'as if it were merely hermetic', or an isolated island.”
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