eremiticadj.
/ɛrɪˈmɪtɪk/ Of or pertaining to an eremite.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective] > retired or secluded (of person) > of or relating to hermit
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1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 423/2 I do seke a place for to lede my lyf heremytyke and solytarylye.
1859 I. Taylor Logic in Theol. 170 The romance of the eremitic life must be abandoned as impracticable.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 75 The eremitic instinct is not peculiar to the Thebais.
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