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hermie

noun
/ˈhɜːmi/

Etymology

From hermit + -ie.

  1. derived from ἐρημίτης
  2. derived from eremita
  3. derived from eremite
  4. inherited from hermite
  5. suffixed as hermie — “hermit + ie”

Definitions

  1. A hermit crab.

    • Your hermies need a second home to chill out in whenever they're sick or molting.
    • […] she went right to work catching hermies in the millpond […]

  2. A hermaphrodite.

    • If a favorite variety tends to “go hermie", growers often pick out individual male flowers as they are discovered. Some growers let the pollen from these hermaphrodites fertilize females.
    • 2007, KS Augustin, Hunted Hermaphrodite Lover, Challis Tower (publ.), →ISBN. Get rid of the hermie, get rid of the sex-starved engineer, jail the saboteur, write the reports, then sit back and enjoy the peace.

  3. A diminutive of the male given name Herman

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A diminutive of the female given name Hermione

The neighborhood

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