hermit
Meaning of hermit
noun
- a person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
- a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route.
Middle English: from Old French hermite, from late Latin eremita, from Greek erēmitēs, from erēmos ‘solitary’.
Information about hermit
- It is a name.
- The plural form of hermit is: hermits.
- Languages in which hermit is used:
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Hyphenation of hermit
her-mit
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- hermit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
hermit synonyms
Meaning anchorite:
Meaning recluse:
recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte
Meaning a person that prefers not to associate with others:
Meaning a person who follows an ascetic life:
Meaning a female anchorite:
Meaning a Christian hermit or recluse:
Meaning an ascetic living on top of a pillar, especially in ancient or medieval Syria, Turkey, and Greece in the 5th century AD:
Meaning (in the past) an ascetic who lived on top of a pillar:
Translation of hermit
- German: Einsiedler, Eremit
- Italian: eremita
- Portuguese: eremita
- French: ermite
- Spanish: ermitaño, ermitaña, eremita
Anagrams of hermit
Words that rhyme with hermit
Darmit, Diarmit, armit, marmit, Hermit, Kermit, Thermit, ermit, intermit, permit, pretermit, repermit, thermit, unpermit, surmit, turmit
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