Definition of HERMIT

hermit

Meanings

Plural: hermits

Noun

  • 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.

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.

Scrabble Score: 11

hermit is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
hermit is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hermit is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 11

hermit is a valid Words With Friends word