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her·mit (hʉr′mit)

noun

  1. a person who lives alone in a lonely or secluded spot, often from religious motives; recluse
  2. ☆ a spiced cookie made with nuts and raisins

Etymology: ME hermite < OFr < LL(Ec) eremita < LGr erēmitēs, a hermit < Gr, of the desert < erēmos, desolate < IE base *er-, loose, distant, to separate > Sans *árma- (pl.), fragments, ruins

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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