adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of a hermit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
eremitic
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/ɛɹəˈmɪtɪk/
adjective
Meaning 2
of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- eremitic austerities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: eremitical
Antonyms: cenobitic
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
characterized by ascetic solitude
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony
- his hermitic existence
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: anchoritic, eremitical, hermitic, hermitical
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From eremite (“hermit”) + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: eremític — characteristic of hermit
- French: érémitique — characteristic of hermit
- Galician: eremítico — characteristic of hermit
- German: eremitisch — characteristic of hermit
- Italian: eremitico — characteristic of hermit
- Latin: anachōrēticus — characteristic of hermit
- Latin: erēmīticus — characteristic of hermit
- Portuguese: eremítico — characteristic of hermit
- Romanian: eremitic — characteristic of hermit
- Russian: затво́рнический (zatvórničeskij) — characteristic of hermit
- Russian: отше́льнический (otšélʹničeskij) — characteristic of hermit
- Spanish: eremítico — characteristic of hermit
- Swedish: eremitisk — characteristic of hermit