[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recluse \recluse"\ r-ekl=us", 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
   1913 webster

         in meditation deep, recluse
         from human converse.                     --j. philips.
   1913 webster
see also:
close 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recluse \recluse"\, 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.
      1913 webster

   2. the place where a recluse dwells. obs. --foxe.
      1913 webster
see also:
recluse 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

recluse \recluse"\, v. t.
   to shut up; to seclude. obs.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

recluse
     adj : withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial
           reclusive life" syn: reclusive, withdrawn
     n : one who lives in solitude syn: hermit, solitary, solitudinarian,
          troglodyte
see also:
reclusive withdrawn hermit solitary solitudinarian troglodyte 

[5] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 moby thesaurus words for "recluse":
   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

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

recluse, wy
  zip codes: 82725

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