hermitessn.
/ˈhəːmɪtɪs/ A female hermit.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [noun] > person > woman
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1633 H. Hawkins Partheneia Sacra 38 The Violet is truly the Hermitesse of flowers.
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. lxiv Spiritual Actresses, kind Hermitesses, Women that have a plaguy deal of Religion.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. Concl. 22 Like a youthful hermitess, Beauteous in a wilderness.
1836 M. Mitford in Good Words (1895) June 382 A young creature..living in London like a hermitess.
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