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In some senses, recluse is marked as archaic, obsolete, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.
recluse
/ɹɪˈkluːs/
noun 4adj 2verb 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
brown, deep
VERB + RECLUSE
became, bit, isn't, lived, total
RECLUSE + NOUN
converse, fable, hermit, hitch, human, monk, monta, spider
PREP.
from, in, in, out
ADV.
occasionally, somewhat
Definitions
adj
1
Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
a recluse monk or hermit
Hermits themſelves are not recluſe enough to ſeclude that ſubtile ſpirit, Vanity: […]
2
Hidden, secret.
noun
1
A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
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.
First, the president’s uncle died in 1985. Kaczynski was publicly revealed as the Unabomber more than a decade later, in 1996, when he was captured; before that, he had lived as a recluse in the Montana wilderness.
2
The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
3
Ellipsis of recluse spider.
4
See also Thesaurus:recluse
verb
1
To shut; to seclude.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — one who lives in solitude
- hermit
- solitary
- solitudinarian
- troglodyte
adjective — withdrawn from society
- reclusive
- withdrawn
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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a recluse monk or hermit
Wiktionary02
Hermits themſelves are not recluſe enough to ſeclude that ſubtile ſpirit, Vanity: […]
Wiktionary03
In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
Wiktionary04
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.
Wiktionary05
First, the president’s uncle died in 1985. Kaczynski was publicly revealed as the Unabomber more than a decade later, in 1996, when he was captured; before that, he had lived as a recluse in the Monta
Wiktionary06
that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
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