单词 | anchoritish |
释义 | anchoritishadj. Of, relating to, characteristic of, or of the nature of an anchorite or anchorites; solitary, reclusive; = anchoritic adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective] reclusedc1443 quiet1507 withdrawing1576 secluse1597 reclusive1600 secluded1604 recluse1608 withdrawn?1615 sequestering1620 monastica1631 anchorite1639 solitousa1656 sequestered1658 snug1710 hermitish1812 anchoritish1823 umbratic1839 Garboesque1928 Garboic1937 1823 J. Landseer Sabæan Res. 286 St. Jerome, whose anchoritish spirit tormentingly provocative of contrast, appears to have come upon him when he arrived at the word. 1830 G. P. R. James Darnley I. i. 8 A solitary duck..passing its anchoritish hours in fishing. 1877 W. Lytteil Landmarks Sc. Life & Lang. iii. vii. 134 Time..spent in anchoretish devotions. 1954 Jrnl. Warburg & Courtauld Inst. 17 89 The pre-eminence of the anchoritish life appears in the Stowe Missal. 2007 S. Pickering Edinb. Days 61 Insofar as food itself is concerned, I am bit anchoritish, last night dining on sardines, stale bread, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1823 |
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