recluse
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Etymology edit
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere, present active infinitive of reclūdō (“I disclose, I open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).
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recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse)
- (now rare) sequestered; secluded, isolated
- a recluse monk or hermit
- 1708, [John Philips], “(please specify the page)”, in Cyder. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […], →OCLC:
- In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
- (now rare) hidden, secret
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Noun edit
recluse (plural recluses)
- An individual who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
- 1563 March 30 (Gregorian calendar), John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of These Latter and Perillous Dayes, […], London: […] Iohn Day, […], →OCLC:
- that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody
- (US) A brown recluse spider.
See also Thesaurus:recluse
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Translations edit
a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
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Verb edit
recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused)
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recluse
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Etymology 1 edit
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recluse
Participle edit
recluse f pl
Etymology 2 edit
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recluse f
Etymology 3 edit
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recluse
- third-person singular past historic of recludere
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Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈkluː.se/, [rɛˈkɫ̪uːs̠ɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /reˈklu.se/, [reˈkluːs̬e]
Participle edit
reclūse