recluse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

noun

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
Ellipsis of recluse spider.
See also Thesaurus:recluse

verb

/ɹɪˈkluːs/ /ˈɹɛkluːs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recluse.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recluse2.wav

recluse more recluse most recluse recluses reclusing reclused

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

reclusive aloner anchoret anchorite eremite hermit Miller of Dee monk recluse shut-in solitary sullen

loner anthrophobe outcast

reclusely recluseness brown recluse nonrecluse recluse spider reclusion reclusive Texas recluse

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