 6 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
recluse
adjective: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial
reclusive life" [syn: {reclusive}, {withdrawn}]
noun: one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {solitary}, {solitudinarian},
{troglodyte}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\ (r[-e]*kl[=u]s"), adjective [F. reclus, L.
reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL.,
to shut up. See {Close}.]
Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public
notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit;
a recluse life
In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse. --J. Philips.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, noun [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See {Recluse},
a.]
1. 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.
2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Recluse \Re*cluse"\, verb (used with an object)
To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "recluse":
Diogenes, Hieronymian, Hieronymite, Timon of Athens, anchoress,
anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, bedridden invalid, cenobite,
character, cloistered, cloistered monk, closet cynic, crackpot,
crank, desert fathers, desert saints, domestic, eccentric, eremite,
eremitic, erratic, flake, freak, hermetic, hermit, hermitess,
hermitic, hermitish, homebody, invalid, isolationist, kook, loner,
marabout, monk, nonconformist, nun, nut, oddball, outcast, pariah,
pillar saint, pillarist, screwball, secluse, seclusionist,
seclusive, sequestered, shut in, shut up, shut-in, solitaire,
solitary, solitudinarian, stay-at-home, strange duck, stylite,
weirdo
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Recluse, WY
Zip code(s): 82725
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