hermit
A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremiteA religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
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» Tom is a hermit.
Tom ist ein Einsiedler. — Zaghawa
Tom ist ein Eremit. — al_ex_an_der
Том — отшельник. — Wezel
Том — відлюдник. — deniko
Том самітник. — deniko
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5 sensesA religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
Einsiedler, Eremit, Klausner
отше́льникotšélʹnik, затво́рникzatvórnik
пусте́льникpustélʹnyk
one retired from society for religious reasons
A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
Einsiedler
отше́льникotšélʹnik, затво́рникzatvórnik
самі́тникsamítnyk, само́тникsamótnyk
one who lives in solitude
A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
More meanings 2
A hermit crab.
Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.
Origin
From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from EcclesiasticFrom Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Doublet of eremite. Displaced native Old English ānsetla.
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Forms
plural: hermitsSynonyms
12 synonyms- one retired from society for religious reasons:anchorite
- one who lives in solitude:reclusesolitarysolitudinariantroglodyte
Word family
29 related wordsSee also
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