Hermitage (noun)
hur-mit-idj
any secluded place of residence or habitation; retreat; hideaway, a place for a hermit.
First recorded between 1250–1300. The sense of “any secluded place of residence” first came into usage during the 1640s. From the same spelling as Old French; from Medieval Latin hermitorium, “a hermit’s dwelling place.”
Example sentences
“This place was like my hermitage, offering me solace.”
Hajji (noun) hadj-ee A muslim who has gone on pilgrimage to Mecca. First recorded in 1600–10; from Arabic ḥajjī, equivalent to ḥajj “pilgrimage” + -ī a suffix indicating relationship or…
