RECLUSE

recluse, reclusive, withdrawn

(adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; “lived an unsocial reclusive life”

hermit, recluse, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte

(noun) one who lives in solitude

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse)

(now rare) sequestered; secluded, isolated

• J. Philips

(now rare) hidden, secret

Synonyms

• reclusive

Noun

recluse (plural recluses)

a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit

Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, hermit

(obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

(US) a brown recluse spider

Verb

recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused)

(obsolete) to shut; to seclude

Source: Wiktionary

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Re*cluse", a. Etym: [L. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.]

Definition: Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. J. Philips.

Re*cluse", n. Etym: [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See Recluse, a.]

1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries.

2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] Foxe.

Re*cluse", v. t.

Definition: To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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