Ascetical
 

ascetical
adjective1.pertaining to or characteristic of an ascetic or the practice of rigorous self-discipline; "ascetic practices"[syn: ascetic]2.practicing great self-denial; "Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it"- William James; "a desert nomad's austere life"; "a spartan diet"; "a spartan existence"[syn: ascetic]