recluse
11recluse — ● reclus, recluse adjectif et nom (de reclure) Littéraire. Qui vit retiré, isolé du monde, qui sort peu. Personne qui, par esprit de pénitence, s enfermait dans des cellules, parfois murées. ● reclus, recluse (difficultés) adjectif et nom (de… …
12recluse — n. an aging; virtual recluse * * * [rɪ kluːs] virtual recluse an aging …
13recluse — [[t]rɪklu͟ːs, AM re̱kluːs[/t]] recluses N COUNT: usu sing A recluse is a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people. His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life …
14recluse — noun 1) a religious recluse Syn: hermit, ascetic, eremite, marabout; historical anchorite, anchoress 2) a natural recluse Syn: loner, solitary, lone wolf, troglodyte; misanthrope; rare solitudinarian …
15recluse — UK [rɪˈkluːs] / US [ˈrekˌlus] noun [countable] Word forms recluse : singular recluse plural recluses someone who lives alone and avoids seeing other people …
16recluse — n. /rek loohs, ri kloohs /; adj. /ri kloohs , rek loohs/, n. 1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. 2. Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining… …
17recluse — noun /rɪˈkluːs/ a) A person who lives in self imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit. b) A brown recluse (spider.) …
18Recluse — Unlike a *hermit, a recluse never left his cave or hovel. Caves were used by a succession of recluses, each modifying the accommodation as he felt best …
19recluse — re|cluse [rıˈklu:s US ˈreklu:s] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: reclus shut up , from Late Latin recludere to shut up ] someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people ▪ She became a recluse after… …
20recluse — [13] A recluse is etymologically a person who is ‘shut up’. The word was borrowed from reclus, the past participle of Old French reclure ‘shut up’. This was descended from Latin reclūdere, a compound verb formed from the prefix re ‘again’ and… …
