recluse

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɪˈkluːs/, /ˈɹɛkluːs/

Adjective

recluse

1. (now rare) sequestered; secluded, isolated

   a recluse monk or hermit

   • J. Philips

     In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.

2. (now rare) hidden, secret

Synonyms

• reclusive

Noun

recluse (plural recluses)

1. a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
   • 1927-29, Mahatma 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.

   Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, hermit
2. (obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion
3. (US) a brown recluse spider

• See also Thesaurus:recluse

Translations

• French: reclus, recluse
• Portuguese: recluso
• Russian: отше́льник

Verb

recluse (recluses, present participle reclusing; past and past participle reclused)

1. (obsolete) to shut; to seclude

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