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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, a. [L. reclus, L. reclusus from recludere
reclusum to unclose, open in LL., to shut up See {Close}.]
Shut up sequestered; retired from the world or from public
notice; solitary; living apart; as a recluse monk or hermit;
a recluse life
In meditation deep, recluse From human converse. --J.
Philips.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL reclusus See {Recluse},
a.]
1. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the
world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class
of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually
attached to monasteries.
2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t.
To shut; to seclude. [Obs.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
recluse
adj : withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial
reclusive life" [syn: {reclusive}, {withdrawn}]
n : one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {troglodyte}]
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Recluse, WY
Zip code(s): 82725
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