Definitions for Hermit

Hermit her·mit

Spelling: [hur-mit]
IPA: /ˈhɜr mɪt/

Hermit is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 116 anagrams from letters in Hermit (ehimrt).

Definitions for Hermit

noun

  1. a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
  2. any person living in seclusion; recluse.
  3. Zoology. an animal of solitary habits.
  4. Ornithology. any of numerous hummingbirds of the genera Glaucis and Phaethornis, having curved bills and dull-colored rather than iridescent plumage.
  5. a spiced molasses cookie often containing raisins or nuts.
  6. Obsolete. a beadsman.

Origin of Hermit

1175-1225; Middle English ermite, hermite, heremite Old French Late Latin erēmīta Greek erēmītḗs living in a desert, equivalent to erḗm(ia) desert (derivative of erêmos desolate) + -ītēs

Examples for Hermit

Someone called him a hermit crab lurking in the halls of the United Nations.

So he became again a hermit, as in the early days at Brienne school.

His cabin is multiplied into a hamlet, and his hermit life is gone.

"I prefer Beattie's hermit to all other hermits," said Leonora.

The hermit Kingdom has opened its embassy doors for an exhibit highlighting the work of six artists from its state-run studio.

The episode with Makovkina had occurred after five years of his hermit life.

"It's lonesome enough for any sort of a hermit," said Fenn, as he paused and looked about him.

How ironic that the hermit Kingdom is taking the blame for our first real look inside a clique that not even Vice dares penetrate.

The FBI and the President may claim that the hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever.

Considering the grand tradition of un-predictability in the hermit Kingdom, there are countless other possibilities.

Word Value for Hermit
Scrable

11

Words with friends

11

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