recluse

noun

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Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkluːs/ / /ˈɹɛkluːs/

Etymology: From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
“a recluse monk or hermit”
“Hermits themſelves are not recluſe enough to ſeclude that ſubtile ſpirit, Vanity: […]”
Hidden, secret.

Etymology: From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
“The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.”
“First, the president’s uncle died in 1985. Kaczynski was publicly revealed as the Unabomber more than a decade later, in 1996, when he was captured; before that, he had lived as a recluse in the Montana wilderness.”
The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
“that day of appearance taken out of the recluse and committed to safe custody”
Ellipsis of recluse spider.
See also Thesaurus:recluse

Etymology: From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”).