单词 | recluse |
释义 | recluse n. /rek"loohs, ri kloohs"/; adj. /ri kloohs", rek"loohs/, n. 1. a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation. 2. Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life. adj. recluse. Also, reclusive. 3. shut off or apart from the world; living in seclusion, often for religious reasons. 4. characterized by seclusion; solitary. [1175-1225; ME < OF reclus < LL reclusus, ptp. of recludere to shut up, equiv. to re- RE- + -clud-, comb. form of claudere to CLOSE + -tus ptp. suffix, with dt > s] |
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