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Definition of: recluse
(rek′ls, ri·kls′) noun
1. One who lives in retirement or seclusion.
2. One who retires from intercourse with the world, as a religious devotee; specifically, one who lives shut up in a cell and practices exceptional austerities.
—re·cluse (ri·kls′) adjective
Secluded or retired from the world; solitary. [<OF reclus <LL reclusus, pp. of L recludere shut off <re- again + claudere close]
—re·clu′sive adjective
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