adjective
- sealed so that air cannot enter or escape; airtight
- difficult to understand; obscure or mysterious in meaning
Usage: often used to describe abstract or esoteric writing or philosophy
Examples
- The hermetical seal on the container kept the medicine fresh for years.
- The ancient text was written in a hermetical style that only scholars could decipher.
- A hermetical closure prevents any air leakage from the bottle.
- His hermetical prose made the philosophical argument nearly impossible to follow.
- The laboratory required hermetical conditions to protect the sensitive experiment.
- The poet's hermetical language challenged readers to find deeper meaning in every line.