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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

reticent, composed, serene, cautious, soft-spoken, taciturn, quiet, modest, distant, placid, peaceful, aloof, restrained, antisocial, cloistered, isolated, prim, retiring, shy, gentle

Nearby words

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

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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Examples from the Web for eremitic

  • His messengers have gone hither and thither, to the monasteries, the convents, and the eremitic colonies wherever accessible.

    The Prince of India, Volume I|Lew. Wallace

British Dictionary definitions for eremitic

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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