eremitish

adj

adj

Etymology From eremite + -ish.

Obsolete Characteristic of a hermit; solitary

So much as doing good is better than not doing evil, will I account Christian good fellowship better than an eremitish and melancholy solitariness.1646, Jos[eph] Hall, The Balme of Gilead: Or, Comforts for the Distressed, both Morall and Divine. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for Nat[haniel] Butter, →OCLC:

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