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hermitship

hermitship noun: the state of being a hermit.

Noun

hermitship (uncountable)

  1. The state of being a hermit.
    • Once, and once only, I rebelled against my enforced hermitship, and we had a grand quarrel upon the subject.1867, Rhoda Broughton, Cometh Up as a Flower: An Autobiography, page 23

Origin of hermitship

From hermit + -ship.

Questions about hermitship

What does hermitship mean?
Hermitship means the state of being a hermit.
What part of speech is hermitship?
Hermitship is a noun.

Words near hermitship in the dictionary

  1. hermitlike
  2. hermitness
  3. hermitries
  4. hermitry
  5. hermits
  6. hermitship
  7. hermitty
  8. hermitude
  9. Hermiz
  10. Hermizes
  11. hermo-

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