| 单词 | anchorite |
| 释义 | anchorite[ ang-kuh-rahyt ] / ˈæŋ kəˌraɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR anchorite ON THESAURUS.COM nouna person who has retired to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion; hermit. Also anchoret. Origin of anchorite1400–50; late Middle English anc(h)orite, conflation of Middle English ancre (Old English ancra, ancer) and Old French anacorite or Medieval Latin anachōrīta<Late Greek anachōrētḗs, equivalent to Greek anachōrē-, stem of anachōreîn to withdraw (ana-ana- + chōreîn to give way, verbal derivative of chôros space) + -tēs agent suffix; Old English forms <Old Irish *ancharae<Late Latin anachōrēta<Late Greek OTHER WORDS FROM anchoritean·cho·rit·ic [ang-kuh-rit-ik], /ˌæŋ kəˈrɪt ɪk/, adjectivean·cho·rit·i·cal·ly, adverban·cho·rit·ism [ang-kuh-rahy-tiz-uhm], /ˈæŋ kə raɪˌtɪz əm/, nounWords nearby anchoriteanchor escapement, anchoress, anchoret, anchorette, anchor ice, anchorite, anchor light, anchorman, anchorperson, anchor plant, anchor pocket Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for anchoriteBritish Dictionary definitions for anchoriteanchorite / (ˈæŋkəˌraɪt) / nouna person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit Derived forms of anchoriteanchoress, fem nWord Origin for anchoriteC15: from Medieval Latin anchorīta, from Late Latin anachōrēta, from Greek anakhōrētēs, from anakhōrein to retire, withdraw, from khōra a space Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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