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secluse, a. Now rare.|sɪˈkluːz|
[ad. L. sēclūsus, pa. pple. of sēclūdĕre seclude v. Cf. OF. seclus, Sp. secluso.]
Secluded; withdrawn from view or from society. † Also absol. in plural sense.
1597Bp. Hall Sat. ii. ii. 4 Whom better fit some cotes of sad secluse. 1603Harsnet Decl. Pop. Impost. iii. 11 Places..for their situation, beeing remote and secluse from ordinary accesse. 1668S. Patrick Pilgrim xv. 111, I cannot see by what merit the Secluse do assume to themselves the title of Religious more than others. 1675E. W[ilson] Spadacrene Dunelm. 70 Penetrating by its tenuity of parts the most secret and secluse parts of our Bodies. 1858Sat. Rev. 28 Aug. 203/2 His [W. S. Landor's] has always been a secluse, estranged existence. 1861R. Garnett in Macm. Mag. IV. 248 Who, secluse, a serious priest of Pallas, Daily, nightly, patient accumulatest Lore on lore.
Hence † seˈcluseness, secludedness, seclusion.
1847in Webster. 1860in Worcester (citing More.) |