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单词 solitudinarian
释义

solitudinariann.

Etymology: < Latin sōlitūdin-, sōlitūdo: see solitude n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: solitudiˈnarian.
One who seeks solitude; a recluse.
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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?’

Derivatives

soliˈtudinary adj. Obsolete characterized by living alone.
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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.
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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.
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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).
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