hermither‧mit /ˈhɜːmɪt $ ˈhɜːr-/ noun [countable] 
Word Origin
Word OriginWORD ORIGINhermit
ExamplesOrigin:
1100-1200 Old French eremite, from Greek eremites ‘living in the desert’, from eremos ‘lonely’EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
word sets- A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.
- A hermit crab sticks sand and weed on its shell, and all Jay's glitz was camouflage.
- Emperor Constantine was said to visit the wise hermit for counsel.
- If you were a hermit or even a monk, you would have little trouble indeed in implementing it.
- Others are known to join the mooching hermit and his furry adjunct.
- Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.
- The hermit had suddenly stopped, one day, and had quickly looked at Mike over his shoulder.
- Three of the five were men: Richard Rolle, a hermit from North Yorkshire.
WORD SETS► Religion
Collocationsacolyte, nounafterlife, nounagnostic, nounangel, nounanimism, nounanoint, verbapostasy, nounapostate, nounarchangel, nounbelieve, verbbeliever, nounbell-ringer, nounbless, verbblessed, adjectiveblessing, nouncelebrant, nounChristian Science, nouncircumcise, verbcircumcision, nouncommunion, nounconfession, nounconvent, nounconversion, nounconvert, nouncoreligionist, nouncowl, nouncredo, nouncreed, nouncult, noundaemon, nounDecalogue, noundefrock, verbdeism, noundenomination, noundenominational, adjectivedevotee, noundevotion, noundevotional, adjectivedevout, adjectivedivine, adjectivedivinity, noundruid, nounfaith, nounfast day, nounfeast, nounfervour, nounfiesta, nounfollow, verbfrankincense, noungentile, noungod, noungoddess, noungrace, nounhabit, nounhair shirt, nounhallelujah, interjectionhallowed, adjectivehalo, nounheathen, adjectiveheathen, nounheaven, nounheavenly, adjectivehell, nounheresy, nounheretic, nounhermit, nounhermitage, nounheterodox, adjectivehigh priest, nounidol, nounidolatry, nounincarnation, nounincense, nouninfidel, nounintercession, nouninvocation, nouninvoke, verbirreligious, adjective-ism, suffixlayman, nounlaywoman, nounlibation, nounliturgical, adjectiveliturgy, nounmartyr, nounmartyr, verbmeditate, verbmeditation, nounmission, nounmonastery, nounmonastic, adjectivemonk, nounmonotheism, nounMoonie, nounMormon, nounMosaic, adjectivemystery play, nounmystic, nounmystical, adjectivemysticism, nounneophyte, nounnovice, nounnovitiate, nounnuminous, adjectivenun, nounnunnery, nounoblation, nounobservance, nounoffering, nounOlympian, adjectiveordain, verborder, nounorthodox, adjectiveotherworldly, adjectivepagan, adjectivepagan, nounpantheism, nounpantheon, nounParsee, nounpilgrim, nounpilgrimage, nounpious, adjectivepluralism, nounpolytheism, nounpractise, verbpray, verbprayer, nounprayer wheel, nounpreach, verbpreacher, nounpriest, nounpriestess, nounpriesthood, nounpriestly, adjectiveprophet, nounprophetess, nounpurify, verbRasta, nounRastafarian, nounRastaman, nounRE, nounrecant, verbreincarnation, nounreligious, adjectivereligiously, adverbreliquary, nounrepent, verbretreat, nounrevelation, nounrevivalism, nounrite, nounritual, nounsacred, adjectivesacrifice, nounsacrifice, verbsacrificial, adjectivesanctify, verbsanctity, nounsanctuary, nounsanctum, nounsatanism, nounscripture, nounsect, nounsectarian, adjectiveservice, nounshaman, nounShinto, nounshrine, nounsin, nounsin, verbsinful, adjectivesinner, nounsoul, nounspirit, nounspiritual, adjectivespiritualism, nounspirituality, nounSr, sun god, nounsuppliant, nounsupplicant, nounsupplication, nounSupreme Being, nounTao, nounTaoism, nountemple, nountenet, nounthanksgiving, nountheism, nountheo-, prefixtheocracy, nountheologian, nountheological college, nountheology, nountonsure, nountranscendental, adjectivetranscendental meditation, nountransmigration, noununbelief, noununbeliever, nounungodly, adjectiveunholy, adjectiveunorthodox, adjectivevisionary, nounvoodoo, nounvotary, nounworship, verbworship, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► crab
someone who lives alone and has a simple way of life, usually for religious reasons → recluse· Anyone who has tried to remove a hermit crab from its shell will know how tenacious these creatures can be.· Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.· A hermit crab sticks sand and weed on its shell, and all Jay's glitz was camouflage.· Small hermit crabs are readily available where there is ocean water and their value as scavengers makes them worth considering.· A hermit crab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.· What soothes me is lying on my belly at the edge of the water, watching hermit crabs.· Suitably sized shells are often in short supply and in some areas this limits the hermit crab population.· But the cowbird and hermit crab can make no such claims.
VERB► become· For a few days, she had become a hermit, closeted in the small room which Sam had rented.· Had I become a hermit already?· Leo was right; she had become a hermit.· Years later, Cloud became a hermit, declining his birthright as king.· Similarly, becoming a hermit and avoiding contact with other people would be considered deviant behaviour but it is not criminal.· Then the wanderer sought a resting place: he became a hermit and dedicated himself to St Cuthbert.· Accordingly he returned home to Yorkshire with the firm intention of becoming a hermit.
► live· A neighbour of the Reillys said they lived like hermits.· He was said to have money but lived like a hermit.