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an·cho·ret
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kər
ɪt
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noun
anchorite.
Origin:
1735–45;
variant of
anchorite
,
with final vowel directly reflecting
Late Latin
or
Late Greek
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an·cho·ret·ic
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adjective
an·cho·ret·ism,
noun
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a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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