recluse
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lus, rɪˈklus; 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.
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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recluse (rɪˈkluːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person who lives in seclusion |
| 2. | a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress |
| —adj | |
| 3. | solitary; retiring |
| [C13: from Old French reclus, from Late Latin reclūdere to shut away, from Latin | |
| reclusion | |
| —n | |
| re'clusive | |
| —adj | |
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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"
(see close (v.)). Reclusive first recorded 1590s (recluse formerly served also as an adj. in English).
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Example sentences
If they have any idea of his subsequent life, it's probably that he became a recluse.
Brown recluse spiders, as their name suggest, are shy and secretive creatures.
OF course he had to be mentally committed to an asylum and lived life as a recluse later in life.
The penitential austerities which she practised, were such as seemed rather to suit a recluse than one who lived in a court.
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