Hypertext Webster Gateway: "eremitical"
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) 1.7 (wn)
eremitical
adj 1: of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices
of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: {eremitic}]
[ant: {cenobitic}]
2: characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in
the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"
[syn: {anchoritic}, {eremitic}, {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: {eremitic},
{lone(a)}, {solitary}]
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