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recluse (noun)

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  • recluse — (n.) early 13c., person shut up from the world for purposes of religious meditation, from O.Fr. reclus (fem. recluse), noun use of reclus (adj.) shut up, from L.L. reclusus, pp. of recludere to shut up, enclose (but in classical L. to throw open… …   Etymology dictionary

  • recluse — ► NOUN ▪ a person who avoids others and lives a solitary life. DERIVATIVES reclusion noun reclusive adjective. ORIGIN from Old French reclus shut up , from Latin recludere enclose …   English terms dictionary

  • recluse — noun 1) a religious recluse Syn: hermit, ascetic, eremite, marabout; historical anchorite, anchoress 2) a natural recluse Syn: loner, solitary, lone wolf, troglodyte; misanthrope; rare solitudinarian …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • recluse — noun /rɪˈkluːs/ a) A person who lives in self imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit. b) A brown recluse (spider.) …   Wiktionary

  • recluse — noun (C) someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people: The guy was a recluse a defrocked priest, so people said. reclusive /rI klu:sIv/ adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • recluse spider — noun any of many small venomous spiders of the genera Loxosceles and Sicarius …   Wiktionary

  • recluse — UK [rɪˈkluːs] / US [ˈrekˌlus] noun [countable] Word forms recluse : singular recluse plural recluses someone who lives alone and avoids seeing other people …   English dictionary

  • recluse — /rəˈklus / (say ruh kloohs) noun 1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. 2. a religious voluntarily immured or remaining for life within a cell. –adjective 3. Rare solitary or living in seclusion …  

  • recluse — [rɪ klu:s] noun a person who avoids others and lives a solitary life. Derivatives reclusion noun reclusive adjective reclusiveness noun Origin ME: from OFr. reclus, past participle of reclure, from L. recludere enclose , from re again + claudere… …   English new terms dictionary

  • recluse — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French reclus, literally, shut away, from Late Latin reclusus, past participle of recludere to shut up, from Latin re + claudere to close more at close Date: 13th century marked by withdrawal… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • recluse — re|cluse [ rek,lus, British ,rı klus ] noun count someone who lives alone and avoids seeing other people …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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