Recluse

Word RECLUSE
Character 7
Hyphenation re cluse
Pronunciations /ɹɪˈkluːs/

Definitions and meanings of "Recluse"

What do we mean by recluse?

A person who withdraws from the world to live in seclusion and often in solitude. noun

Withdrawn from the world; reclusive. adjective

To shut up; seclude; withdraw from intercourse.

Shut up or apart from the world; retired from public notice; sequestered; solitary; existing or passed in a solitary state: as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.

A person who withdraws from the world to spend his days in seclusion and meditation; specifically, a member of a religious community who is voluntarily immured for life in a single cell. noun

A place of seclusion; a retired or quiet situation; a hermitage, convent, or the like. noun

Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart adjective

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. noun

The place where a recluse dwells. noun

To shut up; to seclude. transitive verb

Sequestered; secluded, isolated. adjective

Hidden, secret. adjective

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit. noun

The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion. noun

A brown recluse spider. noun

To shut; to seclude. verb

Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude adjective

One who lives in solitude noun

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit

The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion

A brown recluse spider

Synonyms and Antonyms for Recluse

The word "recluse" in example sentences

In He Who Fears the Wolf (Harcourt), the latest installment of this Norwegian series to be published in America, a young schizophrenic escapes from a mental institution and heads for the forest, where an old recluse is later found murdered. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was not until after our arrival at Tampico that I had the mortification to discover that the interesting creature, the charming recluse, is seventy-eight, and has just buried her seventh husband! ❋ Frances Erskine Inglis (1843)

The Duchess of Kent has withdrawn from public life to such an extent that she is often described as a recluse, but her son Lord Nicholas Windsor is determined to speak out over causes that he believes in. ❋ Unknown (2010)

No need to be "disturbed", not sure why I used the word recluse, but you're right it was the wrong term to use. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A sidekick, the antagonist, whatever - if they’re not the central focus of the story, they must still play an important role (the reporter later discovers the enigmatic recluse is really a costumed vigilante, and now must decide what to do with that knowledge). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Joon-ho Bong's story of a recluse is the best of the three by some lengths. ❋ Princeofcairo (2008)

One of the things about it, it's called a recluse spider because it typically comes out in the dark or at night. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Without a woman, man's life was pitiful — the life of the recluse was a proof of that. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Though she hasn't made a film in 30 years and is often described as a recluse, Bardot, now 68, never really exits the spotlight here. ❋ Unknown (2003)

In his circle of business acquaintances the financier was well known as a recluse, although not one of those upright men of commerce would have suspected him to be involved with anyone who had the outlaw reputation that Gun Moll and her associates bore. ❋ Adams, Stephen (2005)

"But a recluse is a tough person to throw a wake for," said Tina. ❋ Boylan, Eleanor (1989)

She determined, in short, to become what was then called a recluse, and as such to pass the remainder of her days in a narrow cell built within the wall of a church. ❋ Various (N/A)

He dined at the public table, spoke of the gentleman who occupied the private apartments, wondered that no one appeared to be aware who he was, and then _in confidence_ informed the assembled party that the recluse was the celebrated author of the "Pleasures of Memory," now engaged in illustrating "HIS ITALY" with splendid embellishments from the pencils of Stothard and Turner. ❋ Various (N/A)

Such was the being who, from her habitation, was called the recluse, and from her sackcloth garment, the sachette. ❋ Unknown (1917)

In a short time after the birth of Winona, the wife sickened and died, and once more the recluse was alone. ❋ Pauline Elizabeth (1902)

Rolle the hermit, or Margaret Kirkby the recluse, that is the plain teaching of these plain-speaking pages. ❋ Richard Rolle (1901)

At the end of three months he was known as the recluse or ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

He at once had spoken of his father, and called the recluse to witness to the facts. ❋ Georg Ebers (1867)

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