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- [noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos]
- /noun ˈrɛk lus, rɪˈklus; adjective rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus/
- /rɪˈkluːs/
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- [noun rek-loos, ri-kloos; adjective ri-kloos, rek-loos]
- /noun ˈrɛk lus, rɪˈklus; adjective rɪˈklus, ˈrɛk lus/
Definitions of recluse word
- noun recluse a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. 1
- noun recluse Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life. 1
- adjective recluse shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons. 1
- adjective recluse characterized by seclusion; solitary. 1
- noun recluse loner, hermit 1
- countable noun recluse A recluse is a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people. 0
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Origin of recluse
First appearance:
before 1175 One of the 8% oldest English words
1175-1225; Middle English < Old French reclus < Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt > s
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Parts of speech for Recluse
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recluse popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for recluse
noun recluse
- anchorite — a person who lives in seclusion, esp a religious recluse; hermit
- bolter — an outsider in a contest or race
- dodger — a person who dodges.
- dodgers — a person who dodges.
- friar — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a religious order, especially the mendicant orders of Franciscans, Dominicans, Carmelites, and Augustinians.
adj recluse
- anti-social — Someone who is anti-social is unwilling to meet and be friendly with other people.
- cloistered — If you have a cloistered way of life, you live quietly and are not involved in the normal busy life of the world around you.
- cloistral — of, like, or characteristic of a cloister
- hermitic — a person who has withdrawn to a solitary place for a life of religious seclusion.
adjective recluse
- eremitic — Characteristic of a hermit.
- hermitlike — Resembling or characteristic of a hermit.
- nongregarious — (zoology) Not gregarious; solitary. Compare 'ungregarious'.
- withdrawn — past participle of withdraw.
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