hermit• Three of the five were men: Richard Rolle, a hermit from North Yorkshire.• If you were a hermit or even a monk, you would have little trouble indeed in implementing it.• A hermitcrab carrying a sea anemone around on its shell.• A hermit crab stickssand and weed on its shell, and all Jay's glitz was camouflage.• Others are known to join the moochinghermit and his furryadjunct.• Sometimes you can find a Zebra flatworm sharing the snail shell with the hermit crab.• The hermit had suddenly stopped, one day, and had quickly looked at Mike over his shoulder.• Emperor Constantine was said to visit the wisehermit for counsel.
Originhermit
(1100-1200)Old Frencheremite, from Greekeremites“living in the desert”, from eremos“lonely”