Pronounced: dee-AH-bluh-ree, noun
Notes: You may be able to guess the definition
Yesterday’s word
The word ascesis (also spelled askesis) is “the practice of severe self-discipline or self-control”
First usage
Our word came into English in the mid-1800s
Background / Comments
After seeing the definition, I wonder if our word is related to a word I do know (ascetic or asceticism). It appears that it is related: it came from the Greek word askesis (exercise; training), which came from the askein (to exercise; to work).
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