| English Dictionary |
EREMITICAL
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does eremitical mean?
• EREMITICAL (adjective)
The adjective EREMITICAL has 2 senses:
1. of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
2. characterized by ascetic solitude
Familiarity information: EREMITICAL used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices of hermitic living
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Synonyms:
eremitic; eremitical
Context example:
eremitic austerities
Pertainym:
eremite (a Christian recluse)
Derivation:
eremite (a Christian recluse)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characterized by ascetic solitude
Synonyms:
anchoritic; eremitic; eremitical; hermitic; hermitical
Context example:
his hermitic existence
Similar:
unworldly (not concerned with the temporal world or swayed by mundane considerations)
Derivation:
eremite (a Christian recluse)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river." (Native American proverb, Tuscarora)
"Proverbs are the palm oil with which words are eaten." (Nigerian proverb)
"Morning is smarter than evening." (Croatian proverb)