recluse

From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere, present active infinitive of reclūdō (“enclose”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈkluːs/, /ˈɹɛkluːs/
• Rhymes: -uːs

recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse)

1. (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

   a recluse monk or hermit

   • J. Philips

     In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.

2. (now rare) Hidden, secret.

• reclusive

recluse (plural recluses)

1. A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
2. (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Foxe to this entry?)

3. (US) A brown recluse spider.

(hermit): anchorite, eremite, hermit

• See also Thesaurus:recluse

• brown recluse
• recluse spider

recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused)

1. (obsolete) To shut; to seclude.

recluse

1. feminine singular of reclus

recluse

1. feminine plural of recluso

recluse

1. third-person singular past historic of recludere

reclūse

1. vocative masculine singular of reclūsus