eremite

C2+ Topic:Religion & Belief

US /ˈɛrəˌmaɪt/ UK /ˈɛrɪmaɪt/ See IPA manual

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noun
a religious recluse; a hermit (literary)

The eremite lived alone in a cave above the valley.

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1 noun · a religious recluse; a... hermit recluse anchorite solitary ascetic

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socialite

Word family

Derived forms eremiticeremiticaleremitism

Related forms hermit anchorite

Etymology

From Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek erēmitēs 'of the desert', from erēmos 'desert, solitary, uninhabited'. A doublet of hermit.

eremita la-lat erēmitēs Ancient Greek erēmos Ancient Greek

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# eremite

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ˈɛrəˌmaɪt
**IPA (UK):** ˈɛrɪmaɪt

## Meanings
1. a religious recluse; a hermit (literary)

## Examples
- The eremite lived alone in a cave above the valley.

## Synonyms
- hermit
- recluse
- anchorite
- solitary
- ascetic

## Antonyms
- socialite

## Derived Forms
- eremitic
- eremitical
- eremitism

## Related Forms
- hermit
- anchorite

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: eremita
- Root: erēmitēs
- Root: erēmos

## Etymology
From Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek erēmitēs 'of the desert', from erēmos 'desert, solitary, uninhabited'. A doublet of hermit.

## AI Etymology
Eremite is from Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek erēmitēs 'of the desert', from erēmos 'desert, solitary, uninhabited'. A doublet of hermit. Important recorded forms include eremita (Latin), erēmitēs (Ancient Greek), and erēmos (Ancient Greek). The current sense covers a religious recluse; a hermit (literary). The wider family includes derived forms such as eremitic, eremitical, and eremitism and related words such as hermit and anchorite.

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- Religion & Belief
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