Obs. rare. [ad. L. ēmerit-us: see EMERITUS.] Superannuated. In quots. used contemptuously. Also as quasi-sb. Cf. EMERITUS.
1641. W. Cartwright, Ordinary, I. v. (1651), 17. That old Emerit thing … that rotten Antiquary. Ibid. (a. 1643), Birth P’cess Eliz. (R.). The emerit ancient warbling priests.
1710. Acc. Last Distemper of Tom Whigg, II. 43. He scorn’d to … be thought an Emerite.
