hermit
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hermit
- /ˈhɝmɪt/ US
- /ˈhɜːmɪt/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)mɪt
Where it comes from
From 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.
noun hermits · eremite · heremit · heremite
- A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
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A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
Solitary the thrush, / The hermit withdrawn to himself, avoiding the settlements, / Sings by himself a song.
Similar: aloner, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, hermit, Miller of Dee, monk, recluse, shut-in, solitary, sullen
- A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A hermit crab. Because hermits are decapods and do not live within their own shells, they are not considered to be true crabs.
- Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: anchorite, recluse, troglodyte, solitary, solitaire, loner, lone, lonely, anchoret, crabs, crab, thrush, thrushes, eremite, ascetic, anchoress
Translations
Every language
noun bird
| Español | ermitaño |
|---|
noun religious recluse; eremite
| Español | ermitaño |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 仙人 sennin |
| 中文 | 隐士 yǐnshì |
| Português | eremita, ermitão |
| Français | ermite, ermitane |
| Deutsch | Einsiedler, Eremit, Klausner |
| Italiano | eremita, anacoreta |
| Ελληνικά | ερημίτης erimítis |
| Русский | отше́льник otšélʹnik, затво́рник zatvórnik |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà ẩn dật, ẩn sĩ |
| العربية | رَاهِب rāhib |
| עברית | נזיר nazir |
noun recluse; someone who lives alone
| Español | ermitaño, botarga, eremita |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 은자 eunja |
| 日本語 | 仙人 sennin, 隠者 inja |
| 中文 | 隱士 /隐士 yǐnshì |
| Português | eremita, ermitão |
| Français | ermite |
| Deutsch | Einsiedler |
| Italiano | eremita |
| Ελληνικά | ερημίτης erimítis |
| Русский | отше́льник otšélʹnik, затво́рник zatvórnik |
| Tiếng Việt | nhà ẩn dật, ẩn sĩ |
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title = {hermit},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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