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ornamental hermit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.97 in modern English

Syllables
or-na-men-tal her-mit
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person hired to live in a specially built, rustic hermitage on an estate; hired in the 18th and early 19th centuries by wealthy landowners with strict conditions often requiring them to live in solitude, not groom themselves, and dress in a wild, often druidic, fashion; regularly cared for, consulted for advice, or viewed for entertainment.

Etymology

From ornamental + hermit

Inflected Forms

ornamental hermits (plural)

Synonyms

garden hermit

Questions

What does ornamental hermit mean?
A person hired to live in a specially built, rustic hermitage on an estate; hired in the 18th and early 19th centuries by wealthy landowners with strict conditions often requiring them to live in solitude, not groom themselves, and dress in a wild, often druidic, fashion; regularly cared for, consulted for advice, or viewed for entertainment.
Where does ornamental hermit come from?
From ornamental + hermit

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