recluse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

Synonyms

• reclusive

Noun

recluse (plural recluses)

1. a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
   • 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:

     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.

   Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, 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

• See also Thesaurus:recluse

Derived terms

• brown recluse
• recluse spider

 

Translations

A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: حبيس m (ḥabīs)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 隐士 (zh) (yǐnshì),遁世者 (zh)

• Dutch: kluizenaar (nl) m or f
• Finnish: erakko (fi)
• French: reclus (fr) m, recluse (fr) f
• Greek: ερημίτης (el) m (erimítis), αναχωρητής (el) m (anachoritís), (metaphorical) μονόχνωτος (el) m (monóchnotos)

  Ancient: μονότροπος m (monótropos)

• Irish: ancaire m, aonarán m
• Maori: moke
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eremitt m

• Portuguese: recluso (pt) m
• Russian: отше́льник (ru) m (otšélʹnik)
• Scottish Gaelic: aonaran m
• Telugu: తపస్వి (te) (tapasvi), తపస్విని (te) (tapasvini)
• Turkish: münzevi (tr)

Verb

1. (obsolete) to shut; to seclude

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.klyz/
• Homophone: recluses

Adjective

recluse

1. feminine singular of reclus

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Italian

Adjective

recluse

1. (deprecated template usage) Feminine plural of adjective recluso.

Noun

recluse f

1. plural of reclusa

Verb 1

recluse

1. feminine plural of the past participle of recludere

Verb 2

recluse

1. third-person singular past historic of recludere

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈkluː.se/, [rɛˈkɫ̪uːs̠ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈklu.se/, [reˈkluːs̬e]

Participle

(deprecated template usage) reclūse

1. vocative masculine singular of reclūsus