recluse (redirected from recluses)

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Withdrawn from the world; reclusive.

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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recluse - one who lives in solitude             solitudinarian, troglodyte, hermit, solitary 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	recluse - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" reclusive, withdrawn unsocial - not seeking or given to association; being or living without companions; "the unsocial disposition to neglect one's neighbors"

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recluse

noun hermit, solitary, ascetic, anchoress, monk, anchorite, eremite His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life.

Translations

recluse [rɪˈkluːs] N → solitario/a m/f

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recluse [rɪˈkluːs] n → reclus(e) m/f, ermite m

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recluse

n → Einsiedler(in) m(f)

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recluse [rɪˈkluːs] n → recluso/a, eremita m

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recluse [rɪˈkluːs] n → recluso/a, eremita m

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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 隐士