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reclusive

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rec⋅luse

  [n. rek-loos, ri-kloos; adj. ri-kloos, rek-loos]
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–noun
1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
2. Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
–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; ME < OF reclus < LL reclūsus, ptp. of reclūdere to shut up, equiv. to re- re- + -clūd-, comb. form of claudere to close + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s
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re·clu·sive   (rĭ-klōō'sĭv, -zĭv)   
adj.  

  1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation.

  2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut.

re·clu'sive·ly adv., re·clu'sive·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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