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heremitic

heremitic is the alternative form of eremitic.

Meaning of eremitic

Adjective

eremitic (comparative more eremitic, superlative most eremitic)

  1. Characteristic of a hermit
    • St Macarius the Great was a reformed saltpeter smuggler, which trained him for eremitic life in the desert.
    Synonyms:
    hermitic

Forms of heremitic

comparativemore heremitic
superlativemost heremitic

Origin of heremitic

From heremite + -ic.

Words formed from heremitic

Questions about heremitic

What is heremitic the alternative form of?
Heremitic is the alternative form of eremitic.

Words near heremitic in the dictionary

  1. herem
  2. Hereman
  3. heremit
  4. heremite
  5. heremites
  6. heremitic
  7. heremitical
  8. herems
  9. Heren
  10. Herendeen
  11. Herendeens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: heremitic (page history and authors); eremitic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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