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recluse

[ noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos ]

noun

  1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
  2. Also a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.


adjective

  1. shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.
  2. characterized by seclusion; solitary.

recluse

/ r瑟藞klu藧蕭蓹n; r瑟藞klu藧s /

noun

  1. a person who lives in seclusion
  2. a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. solitary; retiring
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • reclusion, noun
  • 谤别藞肠濒耻蝉颈惫别, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 苍辞苍顎卹别路肠濒耻顎僺颈惫别 adjective
  • 耻苍路谤别路肠濒耻蝉别顎 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卹别路肠濒耻顎僺颈惫别 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of recluse1

1175鈥1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin 谤别肠濒奴蝉耻蝉, past participle of 谤别肠濒奴诲别谤别 to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -肠濒奴诲-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of recluse1

C13: from Old French reclus , from Late Latin 谤别肠濒奴诲别谤别 to shut away, from Latin re- + claudere to close
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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.

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By then, he was living like a recluse in a large derelict home, surrounded by child-sized dolls.

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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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She said she first started getting the injectables after the Bell's palsy several years back had left her face inflamed and swollen, making her a recluse.

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