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also hermetical
as in esoteric
difficult for one of ordinary knowledge or intelligence to understand
wrote hermetic poetry whose sole intended readership was himself
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The hermetic hydrovolcanic cell (HHC) consists of an internal electricity generation unit made from carbon black and tissue paper.
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2024
Once a place where friends and family entered through perpetually open doors, the space becomes hermetic and airless when curtains are drawn to hide the men who have come to disrupt this idyllic refuge.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Gradually, Twigs shows her hermetic side: the monkishness of the night-life circuit girl.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 28 Nov. 2024
Once a place where friends and family entered through perpetually open doors, the space becomes hermetic and airless when curtains are drawn to hide the men who have come to disrupt this idyllic refuge.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Gradually, Twigs shows her hermetic side: the monkishness of the night-life circuit girl.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
This isn’t a hermetic kind of meditation, one in which outer havoc is kept at bay.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hermetic
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“Hermetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hermetic. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.
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