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hermitude

hermitude noun: synonym of hermitness.

Noun

hermitude (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of hermitness.
    • Thus Ellis is intrigued by the outlook he labels "hermitude."1999, Robert Booth Fowler, Enduring Liberalism: American Political Thought Since the 1960s, page 84
    • Not that he abandoned his aspirations to serve his country and resolved to pass his life in idle pleasure and quiet hermitude...1909, Katsumaro Nakamura, Shunkichi Akimoto, Lord Ii Naosuké and New Japan, page 63
    Synonyms:
    hermitness

Synonyms of hermitude

Origin of hermitude

From hermit + -tude.

Questions about hermitude

What does hermitude mean?
Hermitude means synonym of hermitness.
What part of speech is hermitude?
Hermitude is a noun.

Words near hermitude in the dictionary

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

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