recluse

== English == === Etymology === From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere (“to disclose, to open”), from re- + claudō (“close”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkluːs/, /ˈɹɛkluːs/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈklus/, /ˈɹɛklus/ (Australian) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈklʉːs/, /ˈɹeklʉːs/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ɹəˈklʉːs/, /ˈɹeklʉːs/ Rhymes: -uːs === Adjective === recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse) (archaic) Sequestered; secluded, isolated. Hidden, secret. ==== Synonyms ==== reclusive ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === recluse (plural recluses) A person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit. Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, 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. (obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion. (US) Ellipsis of recluse spider. See also Thesaurus:recluse ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused) (transitive, obsolete) To shut; to seclude. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁə.klyz/ Homophone: recluses === Adjective === recluse feminine singular of reclus == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /reˈklu.ze/ Rhymes: -uze Hyphenation: re‧clù‧se === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== recluse feminine plural of recluso ==== Participle ==== recluse f pl feminine plural of recluso === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== recluse f plural of reclusa === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== recluse third-person singular past historic of recludere == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [rɛˈkɫuː.sɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [reˈkluː.s̬e] === Participle === reclūse vocative masculine singular of reclūsus