recluse as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
recluse
noun
1 recluse
One who lives in solitude.
synonyms: hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte.
Roget 893:
seclusion,
privacy;
retirement;
reclusion,
recess;
snugness
etc.
adj.;
delitescence†;
rustication,
rus in urbe [Lat.];
solitude;
solitariness
etc.
(singleness)
87;
isolation;
loneliness
etc.
adj.;
estrangement from the world,
voluntary exile;
aloofness.
cell,
hermitage;
convent
etc.
1000;
sanctum sanctorum [Lat.].
depopulation,
desertion,
desolation;
wilderness
etc.
(unproductive)
169;
howling wilderness;
rotten borough,
Old Sarum.
exclusion,
excommunication,
banishment,
exile,
ostracism,
proscription;
cut,
cut direct;
dead cut.
inhospitality†,
inhospitableness
etc.
adj.;
dissociability†;
domesticity,
Darby and Joan.
recluse,
hermit,
eremite,
cenobite;
anchoret†,
anchorite;
Simon Stylites†;
troglodyte,
Timon of Athens†,
Santon†,
solitaire,
ruralist†,
disciple of Zimmermann,
closet cynic,
Diogenes;
outcast,
Pariah,
castaway,
pilgarlic†;
wastrel,
foundling,
wilding†.
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Dutch: kluizenaar
Polish: pustelnik
adjective
1 recluse
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