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hairshirted
adj 2
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3ADJ.
calvinist
HAIRSHIRTED + NOUN
baptist, john, pleasure
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with
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adj
1
Wearing a hairshirt.
The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]
2
Humble and penitent; ascetic.
Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy.
Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary.
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The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]
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Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy.
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Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary.
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