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recluse |
5 definitions found 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 From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recluse adj : withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: {reclusive}, {withdrawn}] n : one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {troglodyte}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Recluse, WY Zip code(s): 82725
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