Recluse
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɹɪˈkluːs/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Recluse is an adjective meaning Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
Meaning
Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
More Meanings
- Hidden, secret.
- A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
- (US) Ellipsis of recluse spider.
- See also Thesaurus:recluse
- (transitive, obsolete) To shut; to seclude.
- (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
Example Sentences
a recluse monk or hermit
In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
Hermits themſelves are not recluſe enough to ſeclude that ſubtile ſpirit, Vanity: […]
Word Forms
- recluses
- reclusing
- reclused
Synonyms for recluse
Depending on context, synonyms include reclusive, aloner, anchoret, anchorite, eremite, hermit.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hermit, withdrawn, troglodyte, eremite, loner, anchoret.
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