recluse

recluse
    adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an
           unsocial reclusive life" [syn: {recluse}, {reclusive},
           {withdrawn}]
    n 1: one who lives in solitude [syn: {hermit}, {recluse},
         {solitary}, {solitudinarian}, {troglodyte}]
    

Recluse \Re*cluse"\ (r[-e]*kl[=u]s"), a. [F. reclus, L.
   reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL.,
   to shut up. See {Close}.]
   Shut up, sequestered; retired from the world or from public
   notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit;
   a recluse life
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         In meditation deep, recluse
         From human converse.                     --J. Philips.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, n. [F. reclus, LL. reclusus. See {Recluse},
   a.]
   1. 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.
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   2. The place where a recluse dwells. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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Recluse \Re*cluse"\, v. t.
   To shut up; to seclude. [Obs.]
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Recluse, WY
  Zip code(s): 82725
    

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "recluse":
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      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