eremite
Americannoun
noun
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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
I got it, my lady, from a learned Egyptian doctor, who took it from an eremite of Arabia Felix.
From Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's by Kennedy, John P.
When she spoke of her green garden, where June had healed the hearts of many young women, she seemed like an eremite in whose consolation was absolute peace.
From Carnival by MacKenzie, Compton
The word “hermit” is an adaptation through the O. Fr. ermite or hermite, from the Lat. form, eremite, of the Gr. ἐρεμίτης, a solitary, from ἐρημία, a desert.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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)
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