单词 | solitudinarian |
释义 | solitudinariann. One who seeks solitude; a recluse. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > person > who prefers to be alone solitudinarian1691 lone wolf1909 lone ranger1924 loner1947 1691 A. Gavin Frauds Romish Monks (ed. 3) 229 Some very considerable Places, which formerly have been the Retreats of Solitudinarians. 1725 Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 138 A situation..so private and retired from common observation, as the greatest solitudinarian can wish for. 1831 Mirror 2 July XVIII. 2 Like all misanthropes and solitudinarians..he [Rousseau] could never bear to be long out of the general gaze. 1880 B. Thomas Violin-player III. iv. 112 ‘There goes a solitudinarian,’ said one. ‘What is he thinking of that he fights so shy of his kind?’ DerivativesΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > characterized by solitude solitary1382 solein?c1450 loneful1565 solitudinary1647 lonish1653 solitudinous1803 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 80 Their ancestors liked not to dwell in crowds... This solitudinary custome could not be soon shaken off. soliˈtudinize v. (transitive) to render solitary. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [verb (transitive)] > render solitary solitudinize1834 1834 New Monthly Mag. Sept. 22 It adorns, refreshes, and, above all else, solitudinizes, these little lagoons. soliˈtudinous adj. characterized by solitude. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [adjective] > characterized by solitude solitary1382 solein?c1450 loneful1565 solitudinary1647 lonish1653 solitudinous1803 1803 S. Pegge Anecd. Eng. Lang. 312 -ous is a termination which carries weight with it, and might be admitted, as in multitudinous, and other similar words in which it has obtained a situation; as,—magnitudinous, gratitudinous, solitudinous, plenitudinous, &c. 1892 Harper's Mag. Feb. 425/1 So packed with people as to make Broadway look desolate and solitudinous by comparison. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1647 |
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