Recluse

Adjective

 * 1) (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
 * 2) (now rare) Hidden, secret.

Synonyms

 * reclusive

Noun

 * 1) A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit.
 * 2)  The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.
 * 3) 🇺🇸 A brown recluse (spider.)

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:recluse

Derived terms

 * brown recluse
 * recluse spider

Adjectives for Recluse
literary; curious; poetical; sanctified; churlish; venerable; staid.

Thesaurus
Diogenes, Hieronymian, Hieronymite, Timon of Athens, anchoress, anchorite, anchoritic, ascetic, bedridden invalid, cenobite, character, cloistered, cloistered monk, closet cynic, crackpot, crank, desert fathers, desert saints, domestic, eccentric, eremite, eremitic, erratic, flake, freak, hermetic, hermit, hermitess, hermitic, hermitish, homebody, invalid, isolationist, kook, loner, marabout, monk, nonconformist, nun, nut, oddball, outcast, pariah, pillar saint, pillarist, screwball, secluse, seclusionist, seclusive, sequestered, shut in, shut up, shut-in, solitaire, solitary, solitudinarian, stay-at-home, strange duck, stylite, weirdo

Etymology
From reclus:, past participle of reclure:, from  recludere:, present active infinitive of recludo:, from re-: + claudo:.

Noun

 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: ερημίτης, αναχωρητής,   μονόχνωτος


 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: aonaran

Verb
recluse


 * 1) Plural of recluso

recluse