recluse
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7.8
- noun
- /rɪˈkluːs/
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ermitaño
- She is somewhat of a recluse.
I become a recluse because I can't give anything.
- I become a recluse because I can't give anything.
- And I don't think that anybody is served by somebody becoming, you know, a complete martyr or a recluse.
- You know, maybe it makes you a recluse or it makes you just like a very.
- And I don't think that anybody is served by somebody becoming, you know, a complete murder or a recluse.
Examples
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Relatives called him a recluse and said he kept mostly to himself.
Blog text (17) -
I knew that she was something of a recluse, but I also knew that she was a gifted naturalist.
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Even before you became a recluse, you never came to these things.
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I was pretty much a recluse in those days.
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm somewhat of a recluse.
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His films were world famous, even though he himself, now in his eighty-third year, had become a recluse.
Fiction book (2002) -
Mad Miss Amanda Harper was the town recluse.
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A small town was no place for an individual who craved anonymous privacy, no place for a recluse.
Fiction book (1991) -
Michael Tillman was a loner, something of a recluse; he always had been and always would be.
Fiction book (1993) -
After years of living alone, he became known as a recluse who rarely interacted with others.
Synonyms
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4.2
A person who prefers to be alone and avoids spending time with others
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6.1
A person who lives alone away from other people, often for religious reasons
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7.2
A person who lives alone and avoids the company of others
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9.9
A person who lives apart from others to pray and study
A person who chooses to live alone away from other people
A person who lives alone for religious reasons, often in the Christian faith
Antonyms
How Withdrawn
Surface Forms
Etymology
Recluse comes from Latin parts re- 'back' and cludere 'to shut', and it is like the English word close or closet. So a recluse is someone who 'shuts' themselves away from other people.