recluse

Definition of recluse in English English dictionary: Hidden, secret; A brown recluse (spider.); The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion; A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit; Sequestered; secluded, isolated; one who lives in retirement or seclusion; {a} shut up, retired, religious, devout; {n} one shut up or retired, a devout person; To shut up; to seclude; {f} take oneself out of a particular situation or position; set oneself apart, seclude oneself; The place where a recluse dwells; one who lives in solitude; {s} living in seclusion, set apart from society; Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life; A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries; withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"; {i} hermit, loner, one who lives in seclusion; A recluse is a person who lives alone and deliberately avoids other people. His widow became a virtual recluse for the remainder of her life. someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people (reclus , from recludere ); withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life
recluse spider: any of many small venomous spiders of the genera Loxosceles and Sicarius
recluse spiders: plural form of recluse spider
recluse spider: (Hayvan Bilim, Zooloji) The recluse spiders (genus Loxosceles ), also known as fiddle-back or violin spiders, are a venomous genus of spiders known for their necrotic bite. They are members of the family Sicariidae, having formerly been placed in their own family, "Loxoscelidae"
recluse life: solitary life
brown recluse: A venomous American spider that has a mark on its back in the shape of a violin; a brown recluse spider
brown recluse spider: A venomous American spider, Loxosceles reclusa, that has a mark on its back in the shape of a violin
brown recluse spiders: plural form of brown recluse spider
brown-recluse: Attributive form of brown recluse, noun
reclusiveness: The state or characteristic of being reclusive
But of Lee you hear hardly anything at all; she is nearly as famous for her reclusiveness (now there’s an oxymoron) as J. D. Salinger.
brown recluse spider: A venomous spider (Loxosceles reclusa) having an hourglass-shaped mark on the cephalothorax, introduced into the southern United States from South America. Venomous species (Loxosceles reclusa) of brown spider, most common in the western and southern U.S. The brown recluse is light-coloured, generally with a dark violin-shaped design on its back, for which it is sometimes called the violin spider. About 0.25 in. (7 mm) long, it has a leg span of about 1 in. (2.5 cm). It has extended its range into parts of the northern U.S. and is often found under stones or in dark corners inside buildings. The venom of the brown recluse destroys the walls of blood vessels near the site of the bite, sometimes causing a slow-healing skin ulcer. Bites are occasionally fatal
brown recluse spider: {i} extremely venomous brown spider most common in the USA that has a dark mark that looks like a violin on the dorsal side of its body
recluses: plural of recluse
reclusive: providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot"
reclusive: A reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others. She had been living a reclusive life in Los Angeles since her marriage broke up
reclusive: Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded
reclusive: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life"
reclusive: Affording retirement from society
reclusive: {s} living in seclusion, living apart from society; living in isolation for religious reasons
reclusiveness: preference for seclusion or isolation

recluse

Hyphenation

rec·luse

Turkish pronunciation

rîklus

Synonyms

reclusive, anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte

Antonyms

extrovert

Pronunciation

/rəˈklo͞os/ /rɪˈkluːs/

Etymology

[ 're-"klüs, ri-'klüs, ] (adjective.) 13th century. From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere, present active infinitive of reclūdō (“enclose”), from re- + claudō (“close”).

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