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hermitage

Best crossword clue

"Secluded dwelling"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˈhɜːmɪtɪd͡ʒ/Part of speech nounSorted aeeghimrtStarts with HEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the abode of a hermit

Word origin

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.

Used in a sentence

  • 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?
  • 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;...

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