† solitousadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Solitary, secluded, retired.
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society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > retirement or seclusion > [adjective]
reclusedc1443
quiet1507
withdrawing1576
secluse1597
reclusive1600
secluded1604
recluse1608
withdrawn?1615
sequestering1620
monastica1631
anchorite1639
solitousa1656
sequestered1658
snug1710
hermitish1812
anchoritish1823
umbratic1839
Garboesque1928
Garboic1937
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 802 This year Tiberius lived at Rhodes a banished man, under colour of leading a solitous life.
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