eremite
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- eremitic adjective
- eremitical adjective
- eremitish adjective
- eremitism noun
Etymology
Origin of eremite
1150–1200; Middle English < Late Latin erēmīta hermit
Example Sentences
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Most scrupulous of painters, he lived like an eremite, relentlessly purged his optic sense of all illusion, all imaginative invention.
From Time Magazine Archive
For does not the eremite through his art of prayer and devotion, seek an ideal?
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
As for endeavoring to force his way out, it was alarming to think of; for aught he knew, the eremite, availing himself of the gloom, might be bristling all over with javelin points.
From Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II by Melville, Herman
Knowledge is no longer a lonely eremite, affording a chance and captivating hospitality to some wandering pilgrim; knowledge is now found in the market-place, a citizen, and a leader of citizens.
From Canada and the States by Watkin, E. W. (Edward William)
But the many questionable pages on this curious subject of the eremite, what are we to do with them?
From The Book of Khalid by Rihani, Ameen Fares
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