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solitudiˈnarian
[f. L. sōlitūdin-, sōlitūdo: see prec.]
One who seeks solitude; a recluse.
1691tr. Emilianne's Frauds Rom. Monks (ed. 3) 229 Some very considerable Places, which formerly have been the Retreats of Solitudinarians. 1725Portland Papers VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 138 A situation..so private and retired from common observation, as the greatest solitudinarian can wish for. 1831Mirror 2 July, XVIII. 2 Like all misanthropes and solitudinarians..he [Rousseau] could never bear to be long out of the general gaze. 1880Bertha Thomas Violin-Player III. iv. 112 ‘There goes a solitudinarian,’ said one. ‘What is he thinking of that he fights so shy of his kind?’
So † soliˈtudinary a., characterized by living alone; soliˈtudinize v. trans., to render solitary; soliˈtudinous a., characterized by solitude.
1647N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. i. xxxiii. (1682) 49 Their Ancestors liked not to dwell in crowds... This *solitudinary custom could not be soon shaken off.
1834New Monthly Mag. XLII. 22 It adorns, refreshes, and, above all else, *solitudinizes, these little lagoons.
1803S. Pegge Anecdotes of Eng. Lang. 312, -ous is a termination which carries weight with it, and might be admitted, as in multitudinous, and other similar words in which it has obtained a situation; as,—magnitudinous, gratitudinous, *solitudinous, plenitudinous, &c. 1892Harper's Mag. Feb. 425/1 So packed with people as to make Broadway look desolate and solitudinous by comparison. |