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noun
1.
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
adjective re·cluse. Also, re·clu·sive.
3.
shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
4.
characterized by seclusion; solitary.
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Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
1175–1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
Related forms
non·re·clu·sive, adjective
un·re·cluse, adjective
un·re·clu·sive, adjective
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Word Origin & History
recluse
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"), from L. re-, intensive prefix + claudere "to shut"
EXPAND(see close (v.)). Reclusive first recorded 1590s (recluse formerly served also as an adj. in English).
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