Antonyms for hermetical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : hur-met-ik

Phonetic Transcription : hɜrˈmɛt ɪk

Definition of hermetical

Origin : c.1600 (implied in hermetically), "completely sealed," also (1630s) "dealing with occult science or alchemy," from Latin hermeticus, from Greek Hermes, god of science and art, among other things, identified by Neoplatonists, mystics, and alchemists with the Egyptian god Thoth as Hermes Trismegistos "Thrice-Great Hermes," who supposedly invented the process of making a glass tube airtight (a process in alchemy) using a secret seal.

As in mystical : adj occult
As in hidden : adj unseen, secret

Example sentences :

Now, however, the sealing of the South was all but hermetical.
Extract from : « Abraham Lincoln, Vol. II » by John T. Morse

Others were making their entrance upon the great work, after the hermetical method.
Extract from : « The Visions of Dom Francisco de Quevedo Villegas » by Dom Francisco de Quevedo

His measure of usefulness became full in 1798 when the hermetical seal of death closed his bright career.
Extract from : « Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution » by L. Carroll Judson

A sect of hermetical philosophers, founded in the fifteenth century, who were engaged in the study of abstruse sciences.
Extract from : « The Symbolism of Freemasonry » by Albert G. Mackey

Synonyms for hermetical

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