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Synonyms for hermit

Grammar : Noun
Spell : hur-mit
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɜr mɪt

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Définition of hermit

Origin :
  • early 12c., "religious recluse," from Old French (h)eremite, from Late Latin ermita, from Greek eremites, literally "person of the desert," from eremia "desert, solitude," from eremos "uninhabited, empty, desolate, bereft," from PIE *ere- (2) "to separate" (cf. Latin rete "net," Lithuanian retis "sieve"). Transferred sense of "person living in solitude" is from 1799. The hermit crab (1735) was so called for its solitary habits.
  • noun person who chose to live alone
Example sentences :
  • So he became again a hermit, as in the early days at Brienne school.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
  • "I prefer Beattie's Hermit to all other hermits," said Leonora.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • "It's lonesome enough for any sort of a hermit," said Fenn, as he paused and looked about him.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • His cabin is multiplied into a hamlet, and his hermit life is gone.
  • Extract from : « St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. V, August, 1878, No 10. » by Various
  • So seven years passed in the Monastery and thirteen in his hermit's cell.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • The episode with Makovkina had occurred after five years of his hermit life.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • His first cure occurred in the eighth year of his life as a hermit.
  • Extract from : « Father Sergius » by Leo Tolstoy
  • I went with him once to listen to his conversation with the Hermit.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • The Hermit is silent; for, as we have said, he is reluctant in making such confessions.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • In his vineyard the Hermit is most thorough, even scientific.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

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