recluse

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

   a recluse monk or hermit

2. 2
   noun

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

   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.

3. 3
   noun

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

   that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody

4. 4
   adj

   withdrawn from society

5. 5
   noun

   one who lives in solitude

6. 6
   adj

   Hidden, secret.

7. 7
   noun

   Ellipsis of recluse spider.

8. 8
   noun

   See also Thesaurus:recluse

Etymology

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).