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recluse

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re·cluse  (rkls, r-kls)
n.
A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude.
adj.
Withdrawn from the world; reclusive.

[Middle English, from Old French reclus, from Latin reclsus, past participle of recldere, to shut up : re-, re- + claudere, to close.]

recluse [rɪˈkluːs]
n
1. a person who lives in seclusion
2. (Christianity / Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who lives in solitude to devote himself to prayer and religious meditation; a hermit, anchorite, or anchoress
adj
solitary; retiring
[from Old French reclus, from Late Latin reclūdere to shut away, from Latin re- + claudere to close]
reclusion  [rɪˈkluːʒən] n
reclusive  adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recluserecluse - one who lives in solitude            
lone hand, lone wolf, loner - a person who avoids the company or assistance of others
Adj.1.recluse - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
unsocial - not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"

recluse
noun hermit, solitary, ascetic, anchoress, monk, anchorite, eremite His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.
Translations
recluse [rɪˈkluːs] Nsolitario/a m/f

recluse [rɪˈkluːs] nreclus(e) m/f, ermite m

recluse
nEinsiedler(in) m(f)

recluse [rɪˈkluːs] nrecluso/a, eremita m
recluse [rɪˈkluːs] nrecluso/a, eremita m

recluse
n recluse [rəˈkluːs]
a person who lives alone and avoids other people. kluisenaar مُنْعَزِل عن النّاس، ناسِك отшелник smolař, -ka eneboer der/die Einsiedler(in) ερημίτης ermitaño erak منزوی erakko reclus/-use מִתבּוֹדֵד एकान्तवासी pustinjak remete penyendiri, pertapa einsetumaður solitario 世捨人 세상을 등진 사람 atsiskyrėlis vientuļnieks kera sumbang kluizenaar eneboer odludek solitário singuratic затворник samotár, pustovník samotar usamljenik ensling ผู้สันโดษ münzevi 隱士 усамітнений; відлюдний معاشرے سے الگ تھلگ رہنے والا شخص người sống ẩn dật


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It was a rather gloomy dwelling for one who was neither a recluse nor a student, and I think it gave something of its character to me-- perhaps some of its former occupant's character; for always I felt in it a certain melancholy that was not in my natural disposition, nor, I think, due to loneliness.
Too readily doth the recluse reach his hand to any one who meeteth him.
I must not remain forever a recluse, for similar chances have come my way before.
 
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