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eremitic

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Eremitic \Er`e*mit"ic\, Eremitical \Er`e*mit"ic*al\, a.
   Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in
   solitude. ``An eremitical life in the woods.'' --Fuller.
   ``The eremitic instinct.'' --Lowell.

Source : WordNet®

eremitic
     adj 1: of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices
            of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: {eremitical}]
            [ant: {cenobitic}]
     2: characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in
        the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"
        [syn: {anchoritic}, {eremitical}, {hermitic}, {hermitical}]
     3: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;
        "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";
        "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition" [syn: {eremitical},
         {lone(a)}, {solitary}]
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