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TOEFL BNC: 19878 COCA: 16933

hermit

hermit /ˈhɚmət/ noun
plural hermits
hermit
/ˈhɚmət/
noun
plural hermits
Learner's definition of HERMIT
[count]
: a person who lives in a simple way apart from others especially for religious reasons隐士
TOEFL BNC: 19878 COCA: 16933

hermit

noun

her·​mit ˈhər-mət How to pronounce hermit (audio)
1
a
: one that retires from society and lives in solitude especially for religious reasons : recluse
b
obsolete : beadsman
2
: a spiced molasses cookie
hermitism noun

Example Sentences

St. Jerome is said to have spent two years as a hermit in the desert, searching for inner peace.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English heremite, eremite, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin eremita, from Late Greek erēmitēs, from Greek, adjective, living in the desert, from erēmia desert, from erēmos desolate

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of hermit was in the 12th century
TOEFL BNC: 19878 COCA: 16933

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