hermitic, a.
(həˈmɪtɪk)
In 7–8 erron. hermetic.
[Altered, after hermit, from earlier (h)eremitic, a. OF. heremitique: cf. eremitic.]
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| [1483 Heremytyke: see eremitic.] 1691 tr. Emilianne's Obs. Journ. Naples 228 The Heremetick State. 1790 W. Wrighte Grotesque Archit. 3 An hermetic retreat, to be composed of roots and irregular branches of trees. 1893 Scribner's Mag. XIII. 344/2 Mallarmé has withdrawn into a hermitic seclusion. |