hermitess

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noun

A female hermit.

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Meanings

nounhermitess (plural hermitesses)

plural hermitesses

  1. A female hermit.

    Yea, she doth smile, and she doth weep, / Like a youthful hermitess, / Beauteous in a wilderness, / Who, praying always, prays in sleep.

    1816, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Christabel

Origin

From hermit + -ess.

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Translations

French ermitesse
  • ermitessefemale hermit
Cite this entry
APA

hermitess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermitess

MLA

“hermitess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermitess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hermitess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hermitess.

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