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recluse
[rek-loos, ri-kloos, ri-kloos, rek-loos]
noun
a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
Also a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
adjective
shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
characterized by seclusion; solitary.
recluse
/ rɪˈkluːʒən, rɪˈkluːs /
noun
a person who lives in seclusion
a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
adjective
solitary; retiring
Other Word Forms
- nonreclusive adjective
- unrecluse adjective
- unreclusive adjective
- reclusion noun
- ˈܲ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of recluse1
Example Sentences
“He is a recluse who cut off contact with our family and now lives in squalor,” she writes.
We Americans love our literary losers, and who better to give us the latest version of a recluse with a heart of gold than Walter?
Family members, former school friends and neighbours have told Swedish media he had become a recluse in recent years and may have suffered with psychological issues.
By then, he was living like a recluse in a large derelict home, surrounded by child-sized dolls.
I wonder whether she became a recluse in part because patients suffering from dermatomyositis are supposed to stay out of sunlight.
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