re|cluse´ness

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a person who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world: »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.

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  • re|cluse´ly — 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 –n. a person who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world: »a bachelor and something of a recluse in his private house, where he lived alone (W. H. Hudson).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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 –n. a person who lives shut up or withdrawn from the world: »a bachelor and something of a recluse in his private house, where he lived alone (W. H. Hudson).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… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Recluseness — Re*cluse ness, n. Quality or state of being recluse. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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