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The definition of a hermit is a person who keeps to himself and who doesn't like to leave his home or see people.

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An old man who stays locked in his house all day and who gets mad when people try to come and visit is an example of a hermit.

See hermit in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

Origin: 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

Related Forms:

hermitic adjective or hermitical

See hermit in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.
A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English heremite

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Medieval Latin herēmīta

Origin: , from Late Latin erēmīta

Origin: , from Greek erēmītēs

Origin: , from erēmiā, desert

Origin: , from erēmos, solitary

Related Forms:

her·mitˈic, her·mitˈi·cal adjective

her·mitˈi·cal·ly adverb

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