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eremite

[ er-uh-mahyt ]
/ ˈɛr əˌmaɪt /
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noun

a hermit or recluse, especially one under a religious vow.

RELATED WORDS

priest, abbot, friar, hermit, recluse, solitary, cenobite, brother, ascetic, religious, monastic, anchorite, monk, nun, solitaire, troglodyte, misanthrope, skeptic, stylite

Nearby words

erector, erector muscle of hair, erector muscle of spine, erector set, erelong, eremite, eremophilous, eremophyte, eremurus, erenburg, erenow

Origin of eremite

1150–1200; Middle English < Late Latin erēmīta hermit

Related forms

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, noun
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eremite

/ (ˈɛrɪˌmaɪt) /

noun

a Christian hermit or recluseCompare coenobite

Derived Forms

eremitic (ˌɛrɪˈmɪtɪk) or eremitical, adjectiveeremitism (ˈɛrɪmaɪˌtɪzəm), noun

Word Origin for eremite

C13: see hermit
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