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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: eremitic adj 1: of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: {hermitic}] [ant: {cenobitic}] 2: characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence" [syn: {anchoritic}, {hermitic}] 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: {lone(a)}, {solitary}]
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