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Today's Word "eremite"

A hermit on

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eremite \ER-uh-myt\ (noun) - A hermit, especially a religious recluse.

"After he was dumped by Cecelia, Brandon became a hermit, a virtual eremite whose room was covered with pictures of his beloved, a shirne to her beauty and his love for her."

 

Eremite derives from Late Latin eremita, from Greek eremites, "living in the desert," from eremia, "desert," from eremos, "lonely, solitary, desolate."


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