RECLUSE


Meaning of RECLUSE in English

n. /rek"loohs, ri kloohs"/ ; adj. /ri kloohs", rek"loohs/ , n.

1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.

2. Also, incluse . a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.

adj. recluse . Also, reclusive .

3. shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons.

4. characterized by seclusion; solitary.

[ 1175-1225; ME reclus reclusus, ptp. of recludere to shut up, equiv. to re- RE- + -clud-, comb. form of claudere to CLOSE + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s ]

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