cloistered, reclusive, secluded, sequestered
(adjective) providing privacy or seclusion; “the cloistered academic world of books”; “sat close together in the sequestered pergola”; “sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree”; “a secluded romantic spot”
recluse, reclusive, withdrawn
(adjective) withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; “lived an unsocial reclusive life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reclusive (comparative more reclusive, superlative most reclusive)
Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded.
• hermit-like
• withdrawn
Source: Wiktionary
Re*clu"sive, a.
Definition: Affording retirement from society. "Some reclusive and religious life." Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
