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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Eremitic \Er`e*mit"ic\, Eremitical \Er`e*mit"ic*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in
     solitude. ``An eremitical life in the woods.'' --Fuller.
     ``The eremitic instinct.'' --Lowell.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Eremitic \Er`e*mit"ic\, Eremitical \Er`e*mit"ic*al\, a.
     Of or pertaining to an eremite; hermitical; living in
     solitude. ``An eremitical life in the woods.'' --Fuller.
     ``The eremitic instinct.'' --Lowell.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  eremitical
       adj 1: of or relating to or befitting eremites or their practices
              of hermitic living; "eremitic austerities" [syn: eremitic]
              [ant: cenobitic]
       2: characterized by ascetic solitude; "the eremitic element in
          the life of a religious colony"; "his hermitic existence"
          [syn: anchoritic, eremitic, hermitic, hermitical]
       3: characterized by or preferring solitude in mode of life;
          "the eremitic element in the life of a religious colony";
          "a lone wolf"; "a man of a solitary disposition" [syn: eremitic,
           lone(a), solitary]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  eremitical
     a.
     (alternative form of en eremitic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  eremitical
     a.
     (alternative form of en eremitic)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  eremitical
     a.
     (alternative form of en eremitic)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  eremitical /ɪɹɪmˈɪtɪkəl/ 
  poustevnický

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