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   hermit

   /ˈhəːmɪt/

   noun

   • 1. a person living in solitude as a religious discipline.
   • ▪ a reclusive or solitary person.
   • 2. a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route.

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French hermite, from late Latin eremita, from Greek erēmitēs, from erēmos ‘solitary’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. hermitic adjective
   • 2. hermitism noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • H

     4

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • T

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