- re|cluse´ness
- rec|luse «noun. REHK loos, rih KLOOS; adjective. rih KLOOS», noun, adjective.–n.a person who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world: »
a bachelor and something of a recluse in his private house, where he lived alone (W. H. Hudson).
–adj.shut up or apart from the world: »a recluse life.
╂[< Old French reclus, or recluse, feminine, past participle of reclure < Latin reclūdere to shut up, enclose < re- back + claudere to shut]–re|cluse´ly, adverb.–re|cluse´ness, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.