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anchorite (ANG-kuh-ryt) noun, also anchoret
One who lives in seclusion; a hermit. [Via Middle English, Medieval Latin, Late Latin, Late Greek, from Greek anakhoretes, to withdraw.] "The use of money is the purest act of faith; no anchorite who has followed a vision into the desert has acted on an idea as far-fetched as our belief that if we put a dollar in a machine we will be drinking a Diet Coke in a minute." Mary Gordon, We Are All Spendthrifts Now, The New York Times, May 29, 2000. This week's theme: words to describe people. ............................................................................ There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -Edith Wharton, novelist (1862-1937) Looking for a word or quotation previously featured in AWAD? They are all archived at http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html . For the theme list, see http://wordsmith.org/awad/themes.html . Alphabetical listing of the words is available at http://wordsmith.org/awad/wordlist.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/anchorite.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/anchorite.ram
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