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eremite PRONUNCIATION: (AIR-uh-myt) MEANING: noun: A recluse, especially for religious reasons.



ETYMOLOGY: From Latin eremita, from Greek eremia (desert), from eremos (solitary).



USAGE: "Poor Joyce Maynard. Not since Martina Hingis submarined a serve to Steffi Graf in the French Open has a woman been so universally excoriated for underhanded conduct. And all Maynard did was sell a bunch of mash notes she had saved from a boyfriend of 27 years ago to raise college tuition for her children. Except that the boyfriend happened to be J.D. Salinger -- the eremite of Cornish, N.H."

Mark Leyner; How to Avoid Salinger Syndrome; Time (New York); Jul 5, 1999.



"Thou Spirit, who led'st this glorious Eremite

Into the desert, his victorious field

Against the spiritual foe, and brought'st him thence."

John Milton; Paradise Regained; 1671.



See more usage examples of eremite in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.



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