eremite
Meaninga dweller in empty places
Common meaning: a hermit
- eremlonely, empty of peopleLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 577 · scan
- iteadjective ending (Latin past participle -itus)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek ἐρῆμος ‘lonely, empty of people’.
Roots
- ἐρῆμος Greek “lonely, empty of people”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app