Eremitic

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]