anchorite
/ˈæŋ.kə(ˌ)ɹaɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.65 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!"
- "The household was diminished, and its expenses curtailed. There was a very blank anchorite repast when Pen dined from home: and he himself headed the remonstrance from the kitchen regarding the deteriorated quality of the Fairoaks beer."
- "He must not dilute his own soul’s essence. He must not surrender to any passion his dandihood. The dandy must be celibate, cloistral; is, indeed, but a monk with a mirror for beads and breviary—an anchorite, mortifying his soul that his body may be perfect."
- "The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog."
- "“Haven't you been in love since you came to Paris?” “I haven't got time for that sort of nonsense. Life isn't long enough for love and art.” “Your appearance doesn't suggest the anchorite.”"
- "About 1150 some Palestinian anchorites adopted the eremitical rule of St. Basil, and spread throughout Palestine; when the Moslems captured the Holy Land these "Carmelites" migrated to Cyprus, Sicily, France, and England."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō) Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω (anăkhōréō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs)bor. Latin anachōrēta Latin anchōrētader. English anchorite From Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs, “anchorite”), from ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō, “to withdraw, retire”), via Latin anchōrēta, a variant of anachōrēta (“anchorite”), see -ite.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: ἀναχωρητής, anchōrēta