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anchorite

noun
/ˈæŋ.kə(ˌ)ɹaɪt/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-) Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰχωρέω (ănăkhōréō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρητής (anăkhōrētḗs)bor. Latin anachōrēta Latin anchōrētader. English anchorite From Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs, “anchorite”), from ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō, “to withdraw, retire”), via Latin anchōrēta, a variant of anachōrēta (“anchorite”), see -ite.

  1. derived from anchōrēta
  2. derived from ἀναχωρητής — “anchorite”

Definitions

  1. One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons

    One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.

    • Oh, hang him? He's a very Anchorite—a young Hermit!
    • The household was diminished, and its expenses curtailed. There was a very blank anchorite repast when Pen dined from home: and he himself headed the remonstrance from the kitchen regarding the deteriorated quality of the Fairoaks beer.
    • The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at anchorite. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at anchorite. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at anchorite

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA