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eremitic en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ɛɹəˈmɪtɪk/

Etymology

From eremite (“hermit”) + -ic.

Meanings

  1. Characteristic of a hermit
    • The eremitic instinct. 1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
    • St Macarius the Great was a reformed saltpeter smuggler, which trained him for eremitic life in the desert.

Forms

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most eremitic Degree=Sup lexicographic
more eremitic Degree=Cmp lexicographic
eremitical alternative lexicographic

Relateds

eremite

Synonyms

hermitic

Translations (13)

pt eremítico (characteristic of hermit) · ru отше́льнический (characteristic of hermit) · la anachōrēticus (characteristic of hermit) · es eremítico (characteristic of hermit) · sv eremitisk (characteristic of hermit) · ro eremitic (characteristic of hermit) · it eremitico (characteristic of hermit) · ca eremític (characteristic of hermit) · la erēmīticus (characteristic of hermit) · fr érémitique (characteristic of hermit) · ru затво́рнический (characteristic of hermit) · gl eremítico (characteristic of hermit) · de eremitisch (characteristic of hermit)