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Showing words for HERMIT using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Hermit

hermit, mither

5 Letter Words for Hermit

ermit, hermi, ither, meith, merit, mirth, miter, mtier, remit, rhime, rithe, their, therm, timer

4 Letter Words for Hermit

emir, emit, erth, heir, herm, hert, hire, item, iter, meri, meth, mire, mite, reim, reit, rhet, riem, rime, rite, tehr, term, them, thir, tier, time, tire, trie, trim

3 Letter Words for Hermit

eir, ert, eth, hei, hem, her, het, hie, him, hir, hit, ire, meh, mei, mer, met, mir, mit, mri, reh, rei, rem, rhe, rie, rim, rit, rte, rti, tem, ter, the, thm, tie, tim, tmh, tri, trm

Definitions for Hermit

[1] a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
[2] any person living in seclusion; recluse.
[3] Zoology . an animal of solitary habits.
[4] Ornithology . any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.
[5] a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
[6] Obsolete . a beadsman.
[7] one of the early Christian recluses
[8] any person living in solitude

Words related to Hermit

recluse, solitary, misanthrope, skeptic, ascetic, solitaire, eremite, anchorite, stylite

Words nearby Hermit

hermes trismegistus, hermetic, hermetically, hermeticism, hermione, hermit, hermit crab, hermit kingdom, hermit of st. augustine, hermit thrush, hermitage

Origin of Hermit

1175–1225; Middle English ermite, hermite, heremite < Old French < Late Latin erēmīta < Greek erēmītḗs living in a desert, equivalent to erḗm(ia ) desert (derivative of erêmos desolate) + -ītēs -ite1

Other words from Hermit

her·mit·ic , her·mit·i·cal , her·mit·ish , adjective
her·mit·i·cal·ly , adverb
her·mit·like , adjective
her·mit·ry , her·mit·ship , noun
un·her·mit·ic , adjective
un·her·mit·i·cal , adjective
un·her·mit·i·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Hermit

C13: from Old French hermite, from Late Latin erēmīta, from Greek erēmitēs living in the desert, from erēmia desert, from erēmos lonely

Synonyms for Hermit

recluse, anchorite, ascetic, eremite, misanthrope, skeptic, solitaire, solitary, stylite, outside of human society anchoret, pillarist, solitarian