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–noun

1.	a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.

2.	any person living in seclusion; recluse.

3.	Zoology. an animal of solitary habits.

4.	Ornithology. any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.

5.	a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.

6.	Obsolete. a beadsman.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME ermite, hermite, heremite < OF < LL erémīta < Gk erémīts living in a desert, equiv. to erm(ia) desert (deriv. of erêmos desolate) + -ītés -ite¹

]

—Related forms

her·mit·ic, her·mit·i·cal, her·mit·ish, adjective

her·mit·i·cal·ly, adverb

her·mit·like, adjective

her·mit·ry, her·mit·ship, noun

—Synonyms 1. eremite, monastic, anchorite, cenobite.

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her·mit Audio Help (hûr'mĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

[Middle English heremite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin herēmīta, from Late Latin erēmīta, from Greek erēmītēs, from erēmiā, desert, from erēmos, solitary.]

her·mit'ic, her·mit'i·cal adj., her·mit'i·cal·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
hermit

1130, from O.Fr. (h)eremite, from L.L. ermita, from Gk. eremites, lit. "person of the desert," from eremia "desert, solitude," from eremos "uninhabited." The hermit crab (1735) was so called for its solitary habits.

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hermit
noun
1.	one retired from society for religious reasons [syn: anchorite]
2.	one who lives in solitude

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hermit [ˈhəːmit] noun

a person who lives alone, especially to devote himself to religion

Arabic:	ناسِك
Chinese (Simplified):	隐士
Chinese (Traditional):	隱士
Czech:	poustevník
Danish:	eneboer; eremit
Dutch:	kluizenaar
Estonian:	erak
Finnish:	erakko
French:	ermite
German:	der Einsiedler
Greek:	ερημίτης
Hungarian:	remete
Icelandic:	einsetumaður
Indonesian:	pertapa
Italian:	eremita

Japanese:	隠者
Korean:	은둔자
Latvian:	vientuļnieks
Lithuanian:	atsiskyrėlis
Norwegian:	eneboer, eremitt
Polish:	pustelnik
Portuguese (Brazil):	eremita
Portuguese (Portugal):	eremita
Romanian:	pustnic
Russian:	отшельник
Slovak:	pustovník
Slovenian:	puščavnik
Spanish:	ermitaño, eremita
Swedish:	eremit
Turkish:	inzivaya çekilmiş kimse