adj. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus. Hence: Alchemical; chemic.adj. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid.adj. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape. See Note under Hermetically.