adj
recluse
rih-KLOOS
adj
1
Living apart from others; withdrawn from society.
"The author lived a recluse life in a remote cabin."
noun
1
A person who deliberately avoids other people and lives in isolation.
"After the scandal, he became a recluse, refusing all interviews."
How to Use Recluse
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who withdraws from social life and lives alone, avoiding others.
Common pairings
a notorious recluse
live as a recluse
become a recluse
Word Forms
more recluse comparative, reclused past tense, recluses singular, most recluse superlative
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Etymology
From Old French reclus, from Latin recludere, which oddly originally meant "to open" — the sense flipped over time to mean someone shut away from the world.