Hermit
['hɜːmɪt] or ['hɝmɪt]
Definition
(n.) A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives.
(n.) A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.
Typist: Rudy
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Anchorite, anchoret, recluse, solitary, solitaire, EREMITE.
Edited by Eileen
Definition
n. one who retires from society and lives in solitude or in the desert for purposes of devotion: one of certain animals of solitary habit.—ns. Her′mitāge Her′mitary the dwelling of a hermit: a retired abode: a wine produced near Valence in Dr鬽e; Her′mit-crab the name of a family of crustaceans notable for their habit of sheltering themselves in gasteropod shells.—adj. Hermit′ical relating to a hermit.
Typed by Beryl
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a hermit, denotes sadness and loneliness caused by the unfaithfulness of friends. If you are a hermit yourself, you will pursue researches into intricate subjects, and will take great interest in the discussions of the hour. To find yourself in the abode of a hermit, denotes unselfishness toward enemies and friends alike.
Checker: Nathan
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
Edited by Barton
Examples
- Ay, truly, said the hermit, and many a hundred of pagans did he baptize there, but I never heard that he drank any of it. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Why, hermit, was the yeoman's first question as soon as he beheld the knight, what boon companion hast thou here? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I will take care of that, reverend Prior, said the Hermit of Copmanhurst; for I will wear them myself. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I will reply to you, said the hermit, with my finger, it being against my rule to speak by words where signs can answer the purpose. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- You said nothing so well, Sir Knight, I will be sworn, when you held drunken vespers with the bluff Hermit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- His name, said the hermit--his name is Sir Anthony of Scrabelstone--as if I would drink with a man, and did not know his name! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Never fear, said the hermit; I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my greyfriar's frock, and all shall be well again. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The road, replied the hermit, is easy to hit. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Sir Knight, answered the hermit, your thoughts, like those of the ignorant laity, are according to the flesh. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- During this performance, the hermit demeaned himself much like a first-rate critic of the present day at a new opera. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The jolly Hermit at length agrees to venture thither, and to enquire for Jack Fletcher, which is the name assumed by the King. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- It was, as Lord Charles said, ridiculous, in a man of Worcester's high rank, to seclude himself quite like a hermit. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The hermit could scarcely forbear from smiling at his guest's reply. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- And Birkin, watching like a hermit crab from its hole, had seen the brilliant frustration and helplessness of Ursula. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But we cannot live like hermits. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The present occupants of Mars Saba, about seventy in number, are all hermits. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
Checker: Reginald