eremite

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs). Doublet of hermit.

• enPR: ĕrʹə-mīt'
• IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹ.əˌmaɪt/

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eremite (plural eremites)

1. A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone.

• cenobite

• eremitic
• eremitical
• hermit

eremite f

1. plural of eremita

• emerite, mietere, temerei