hermit
Plural: hermits
Noun
- A person living in solitude, often for religious reasons.
- one retired from society for religious reasons
- one who lives in solitude
- A religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons; an eremite.
- A recluse; someone who lives alone and shuns human companionship.
- A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.
- A hermit crab.
- Any in the subfamily Phaethornithinae of hummingbirds.
Examples
- Though a Scrabble HERMIT in practice, he was a fierce competitor online.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English hermite, heremite, eremite, from Old French eremite, from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “person of the desert”) from ἐρημία (erēmía, “desert, solitude”), from ἔρημος (érēmos) or ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) plus -ίτης (-ítēs, “one connected to, a member of”). Doublet of eremite. Displaced native Old English ānsetla.
Synonyms
anchorite, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte, Miller of Dee, aloner, anchoret, eremite, hermit, monk, shut-in, sullen
Scrabble Score: 11
hermit: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhermit: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hermit: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary