hermitic

her·mit  (hûrmt)

n.

1. A person who has withdrawn from society and lives a solitary existence; a recluse.

2. A spiced cookie made with molasses, raisins, and nuts.

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[Middle English heremite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin hermta, from Late Latin ermta, from Greek ermts, from ermi, desert, from ermos, solitary.]

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her·mitic, her·miti·cal adj.

her·miti·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

hermitic - characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" anchoritic, hermitical, eremitic, eremitical unworldly - not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations; "was unworldly and did not greatly miss worldly rewards"- Sheldon Cheney