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单词 anchoritic
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anchoriticadj.

Brit. /ˌaŋkəˈrɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌæŋkəˈrɪdɪk/
Forms:

α. 1600s–1700s anchoretick, 1700s– anchoretic, 1800s– anchoritic.

β. 1800s– anachoretic, 1800s– anachoritic.

Origin: Probably of multiple origins. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Probably partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: anchorite n., -ic suffix; Latin anachoreticus.
Etymology: Partly (especially in the α. forms) < anchorite n. + -ic suffix, and probably partly (especially in the β. forms) directly < post-classical Latin anachoreticus of or relating to a hermit (5th cent.; from 8th cent. in British sources), anchoreticus, anchoriticus (7th cent. in an Irish source; 15th cent. in British sources) < Hellenistic Greek ἀναχωρητικός disposed to retire, in Byzantine Greek also of or relating to a hermit < Byzantine Greek ἀναχωρητής anchorite n. + -ικός -ic suffix. Compare earlier anchoretical adj., anchoretal adj., and anchorite adj. Compare also slightly earlier anchoritism n.
Of, relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of an anchorite or anchorites; solitary, reclusive.
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recluse?c1225
eremitic1483
eremitarya1492
eremitical1577
hermitical1586
eremitish1605
eremital1613
anchoretical1622
hermitary1633
anchoretal1656
anchoritic1661
hermitic1691
hermitish1812
α.
1661 G. Rust Let. conc. Origen 6 A Monastick and Anchoretick life and poverty.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. v. 406 He took up his Abode, leading for above 90 Years..a solitary and anchoretick Course of Life.
1774 T. Mortimer Elements Commerce (new ed.) iv. 523 Religious melancholy..might carry many Christians to lead an anchoretic life.
1829 I. Taylor Nat. Hist. Enthusiasm viii. 203 In an enumeration of the natural causes of the anchoretic life, the influence of scenery should not be overlooked.
1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands iii. xiii. 326 Their discipline was, essentially, anchoritic and recluse.
1959 C. L. Wrenn Word & Symbol (1967) 22 The particular importance attached to the anchoritic way of life in the early Celtic Church.
2008 A. Davies Mine All Mine 281 All that time in cryptlike rooms... My anchoritic seclusion from life.
β. 1835 K. H. Digby Mores Catholici VI. iii. 123 In the caverns of Quisquinæ she made, as it were, profession of the anachoretic life.1898 Academy 5 Nov. 204/2 In his [sc. Meredith's] poetry..the anachoretic ideal has no place.1913 S. K. Szymanowski Evol. of Theologian i. 19 The anachoretic figure of Origen, the illustrious father of the early church, author of the famous Hexapla and Octapla, appeared before them.1997 Novum Testamentum 39 235 The leader of a group of anachoretic monks in Pispir on the Nile.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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