eremite
[ er-uh-mahyt ]
/ ˈɛr əˌmaɪt /
Save This Word!
noun
a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON THE MANY TYPES OF NOUNS
They're everywhere you turn, but can you identify the 10 types of nouns easily? This quiz will test your mettle against singular, plural, concrete, abstract, common, proper, collective, compound, countable, and uncountable nouns!
Question 1 of 7
Shoelaces, rainbow, toothpaste, and haircuts are all what type of noun?
Meet Grammar Coach
Improve Your Writing
Origin of eremite
1150–1200; Middle English <Late Latin erēmītahermit
OTHER WORDS FROM eremite
er·e·mit·ic [er-uh-mit-ik], /ˌɛr əˈmɪt ɪk/, er·e·mit·i·cal, er·e·mit·ish [er-uh-mahy-tish], /ˈɛr əˌmaɪ tɪʃ/, adjectiveer·e·mit·ism, nounWords nearby eremite
erector muscle of spine, Erector Set, E region, -erel, erelong, eremite, eremophilous, eremophyte, eremurus, Erenburg, erenow
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for eremite
British Dictionary definitions for eremite
Derived forms of eremite
eremitic (ˌɛrɪˈmɪtɪk) or eremitical, adjectiveeremitism (ˈɛrɪmaɪˌtɪzəm), nounWord Origin for eremite
C13: see hermit
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012