hermitage
/ˈhɜr.mə.tɪdʒ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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A place in the United Kingdom:
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Example Sentences
- "But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?"
- "I saw the huge rocking-stone, that had been violently depressed by him as he sprang, fly back when relieved of his weight till, for the first time during all these centuries, it got beyond its balance, fell with a most awful crash right into the rocky chamber which had once served the philosopher Noot for a hermitage, and, I have no doubt, for ever sealed the passage that leads to the Place of Life with some hundreds of tons of rock."
- "Temptation is an obsequious servant that has no objection to the country, and we know that it takes up its lodging in hermitages as well as in cities; and that in the most remote and inaccessible desert it keeps company with the fugitive solitary."
- "Here a real supper was elegantly served […] with choice wines, particularly white hermitage, which I never before had tasted."
- "You will do very well, my lady, very well indeed. I will send you in a couple of dozen of capital sherry, fit for the dons, and some hermitage, by no means to be sneezed at;..."
Etymology
From Middle English hermytage, ermitage, from Old French ermitage, hermitaige, from Latin erēmīta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs, “hermit”). By surface analysis, hermit + -age.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hermytage, ermitage, erēmīta, ἐρημίτης
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɜr.mə.tɪdʒ/
- British English: /ˈhɜːmɪtɪd͡ʒ/