hermetically
Hermetic is an adjective or adverb meaning "airtight", "impenetrable".
It is used for
- technical methods of sealing (see hermetic seal ),
- a hermetically sealed system provided with such a closure ,
- derived from it in the figurative sense z. B. for police boilers or military hermetic barriers of areas or buildings
- occult, closed, inaccessible teachings, see Hermetics
- a literary direction, see Hermetism (literature)
- educational language: ambiguous, obscure (in terms of understanding); preferring a mysterious language
Word origin
Hermetic is an onomastic formation that has been documented in German since the 16th century, according to Hermes Trismegistos , ( Greek ῆρμῆς Τρισμέγιστος , "three times greater Hermes"), the legendary author of the hermetic writings and the forefather of alchemy. It represents a syncretistic amalgamation of the Greek god Hermes and the Egyptian god Thoth .
For the purposes of hermetic as secret doctrine is hermetically directly to Hermes Trismegistus as alleged author back. In the more general sense of seclusion, it is borrowed from the neoclassical Latin hermetice , which in turn can be traced back to the neoclassical sigillum Hermetis (" Seal of Hermes "); this is said to have hermetically sealed glass tubes.
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- ↑ duden.de
- ^ A b Kluge Etymological Dictionary of the German Language , 24th edition
- ↑ a b Duden German Universal Dictionary, 5th edition, Mannheim 2003
