recluse
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English
Etymology
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere, present active infinitive of reclūdō (“I disclose, I open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse)
- (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
- a recluse monk or hermit
- 1708, [John Philips], “(please specify the page)”, in Cyder. , London: J Tonson, , →OCLC:
- In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
- (now rare) Hidden, secret.
Synonyms
Noun
recluse (plural recluses)
- A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, , London: Iohn Day, , →OCLC:
- that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
- (US) A brown recluse spider.
See also Thesaurus:recluse
Derived terms
Translations
a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
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Verb
recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused)
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
recluse
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
recluse
Participle
recluse f pl
Etymology 2
Noun
recluse f
Etymology 3
Verb
recluse
- third-person singular past historic of recludere
Latin
Pronunciation
Participle
reclūse