English-Thai Dictionary

hermit

N ฤๅษี  ดาบส  ผู้ ที่อยู่ สันโดษ  anchorite eremite recluse rue-se

 

hermit crab

N ปูเสฉวน  ปู ตระกูล  Paguridae ที่ มี เปลือกหุ้ม ร่างกาย  pu-sea-chun

 

hermitage

N อาศรม  สำนัก ฤๅษี  ar-som

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HERMIT

n.[Gr. solitary, destitute. ] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret. The word is usually applied to a person who lives in solitude, disengaged from the cares and interruptions of society, for the purpose of religious contemplation and devotion.
2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another.

 

HERMITAGE

n.The habitation of a hermit; a house or hut with its appendages, in a solidary place, where a hermit dwells. 1. A cell in a recluse place, but annexed to an abbey.
2. A kind of wine.

 

HERMITARY

n.A cell for the religious annexed to some abbey.

 

HERMITESS

n.A female hermit.

 

HERMITICAL

a.Pertaining to a hermit, or to retired life. 1. Suited to a hermit.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HERMIT

Her "mit, n. Etym: [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F.hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. Eremite. ]

 

1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so lives from religious motives. He had been Duke of Savoy, and after a very glorious reign, took on him the habit of a hermit, and retired into this solitary spot. Addison.

 

2. A beadsman; one bound to pray for another. [Obs. ] "We rest your hermits." Shak. Hermit crab (Zoöl.), a marine decapod crustacean of the family Paguridæ. The species are numerous, and belong to many genera. Called also soldier crab. The hermit crabs usually occupy the dead shells of various univalve mollusks. See Illust. of Commensal. -- Hermit thrush (Zoöl.), an American thrush (Turdus Pallasii ), with retiring habits, but having a sweet song. -- Hermit warbler (Zoöl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis ), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

 

HERMITAGE

Her "mit *age (; 48 ), n. Etym: [OE. hermitage, ermitage, F. hermitage, ermitage. See Hermit. ]

 

1. The habitation of a hermit; a secluded residence. Some forlorn and naked hermitage, Remote from all the pleasures of the world. Shak.

 

2. Etym: [F. Vin de l'Hermitage.]

 

Defn: A celebrated French wine, both white and red, of the Department of Drôme.

 

HERMITARY

Her "mit *a *ry, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. hermitorium, eremitorium.]

 

Defn: A cell annexed to an abbey, for the use of a hermit. Howell.

 

HERMITESS

HERMITESS Her "mit *ess, n.

 

Defn: A female hermit. Coleridge.

 

HERMITICAL

HERMITICAL Her *mit "i *cal, a.

 

Defn: Pertaining to, or suited for, a hermit. Coventry.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

hermit

her mit |ˈhərmit ˈhərmət | ▶noun 1 a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. • any person living in solitude or seeking to do so. 2 a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route. [Phaethornis and other genera, family Trochilidae: several species. ] DERIVATIVES her mit ic |hərˈmitik |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French hermite, from late Latin eremita, from Greek erēmitēs, from erēmos ‘solitary. ’

 

hermitage

her mit age |ˈhərmitij ˈhərmədɪʤ | ▶noun 1 the dwelling of a hermit, esp. when small and remote. 2 (the Hermitage |ˌermiˈtäZH |) a major art museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, containing among its collections those begun by Catherine the Great. [named with reference to the “retreat ” in which the empress displayed her treasures to her friends. ] 3 (the Hermitage |ˈhərmitij |) an estate, the home of Andrew Jackson, in central Tennessee, northeast of Nashville. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from hermite (see hermit ).

 

hermit crab

her mit crab |ˈhərmət ˌkræb | ▶noun a crab with a soft asymmetrical abdomen that lives in a castoff mollusk shell for protection. In several kinds, the shell becomes covered with sponges, sea anemones, or bryozoans. [Superfamily Paguroidea. ]

 

Hermitian

Her mi tian |hərˈmiSHən hərˈmɪʃən | ▶adjective Mathematics denoting or relating to a matrix in which those pairs of elements that are symmetrically placed with respect to the principal diagonal are complex conjugates. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of Charles Hermite (1822 –1905 ), French mathematician, + -ian .

 

hermit thrush

her mit thrush ▶noun a small migratory North American thrush, noted for its melodious song. [Catharus guttatus, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

hermit

her ¦mit |ˈhəːmɪt | ▶noun 1 a person living in solitude as a religious discipline. • a reclusive or solitary person. 2 a hummingbird found in the shady lower layers of tropical forests, foraging along a regular route. ●Phaethornis and other genera, family Trochilidae: several species. DERIVATIVES hermitic |-ˈmɪtɪk |adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French hermite, from late Latin eremita, from Greek erēmitēs, from erēmos ‘solitary ’.

 

hermitage

her ¦mit |age |ˈhəːmɪtɪdʒ | ▶noun 1 the dwelling of a hermit, especially when small and remote. 2 (the Hermitage ) a major art museum in St Petersburg, Russia, containing among its collections those begun by Catherine the Great. [named with reference to the ‘retreat ’ in which the empress displayed her treasures to her friends. ] ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, from hermite (see hermit ).

 

hermit crab

her ¦mit crab ▶noun a crab with a soft asymmetrical abdomen, which lives in a cast-off mollusc shell for protection. In several kinds the shell becomes covered with sponges, sea anemones, or bryozoans. ●Superfamily Paguroidea.

 

Hermitian

Hermitian |həːˈmɪtɪən | ▶adjective Mathematics denoting or relating to a matrix in which those pairs of elements which are symmetrically placed with respect to the principal diagonal are complex conjugates. ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from the name of Charles Hermite (1822 –1905 ), French mathematician, + -ian .

 

hermit thrush

her ¦mit thrush ▶noun a small migratory North American thrush, noted for its melodious song. ●Catharus guttatus, family Turdidae.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

hermit

hermit noun just because I prefer to live alone doesn't make me a hermit: recluse, solitary, loner, ascetic, marabout, troglodyte; historical anchorite, anchoress; archaic eremite. WORD LINKS eremitic relating to a hermit Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

hermit

hermit noun recluse, solitary, loner, ascetic; rare anchorite, anchoress, eremite, stylite, pillarist, pillar hermit, pillar saint, solitudinarian. WORD LINKS hermit eremitic relating to a hermit Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

hermitage

hermitage noun retreat, refuge, haven, sanctuary, sanctum, asylum, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, shelter; Latin sanctum sanctorum; informal hidey-hole.

 

Duden Dictionary

Hermitage

Her mi ta ge Substantiv, maskulin , der |ɛrmiˈtaːʒ (ə )österreichisch meist …ʃ |der Hermitage; Genitiv: des Hermitage französisch (h )ermitage französischer Wein (vorwiegend Rotwein ) aus dem Anbaugebiet um die Gemeinde Tain-l'Hermitage im Rhonetal

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

hermit

her mit /hə́ː r mɪt /名詞 C 世捨て人, 隠者, (宗教的な )隠遁 （いんとん ）者 .

 

hermitage

her mit age /hə́ː r mətɪdʒ /名詞 C 隠者の住居 [生活 ].