Emily Dickinson Lexicon

ER'E-MITE, n. [L. eremita; Gr. ερημιτης, from ερημος, a desert.]

1. One who lives in a wilderness, or in retirement, secluded from an intercourse with men. It is generally written hermit – which see. Ralegh. Milton.
2. The name of a newly discovered mineral of a yellowish brown color, found in Connecticut in albitic granite. The primary form of the crystal is a right oblique-angled prism. Shepard.