Definition of solitudinarian in English:
solitudinarian
nounˌsɒlɪtjuːdɪˈnɛːrɪənˌsälət(y)o͞odəˈnerēən
rare A person who lives a solitary life; a recluse.
Example sentencesExamples
- It seemed to be more suited to those the world prefers to ignore: recluses, solitudinarians withdrawn from worldliness and public notice, supernatural beings and the mad.
- He pays no visits, and being a solitudinarian, frequents not even a single club in London.
- There are breakfast-rooms and supper-rooms, little nooks where the solitudinarian may steal away for an hour of communion with his favorite novelist or poet.
- A noted traveler, he continued to be, an adventurer, but always a solitudinarian.
- 'There goes a solitudinarian,' said one. 'What is he thinking of that he fights so shy of his kind?'
Synonyms
loner, solitary, lone wolf
Definition of solitudinarian in US English:
solitudinarian
nounˌsälət(y)o͞odəˈnerēən
rare A person who lives a solitary life; a recluse.
Example sentencesExamples
- It seemed to be more suited to those the world prefers to ignore: recluses, solitudinarians withdrawn from worldliness and public notice, supernatural beings and the mad.
- There are breakfast-rooms and supper-rooms, little nooks where the solitudinarian may steal away for an hour of communion with his favorite novelist or poet.
- He pays no visits, and being a solitudinarian, frequents not even a single club in London.
- A noted traveler, he continued to be, an adventurer, but always a solitudinarian.
- 'There goes a solitudinarian,' said one. 'What is he thinking of that he fights so shy of his kind?'
Synonyms
loner, solitary, lone wolf