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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•luse /n. ˈrɛklus, rɪˈklus; adj. rɪˈklus, ˈrɛklus/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who deliberately lives apart from society.
adj. re•cluse. - shut off or apart from the world.
re•clu•sive /rɪˈklusɪv/USA pronunciation adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•luse (n. rek′lo̅o̅s, ri klo̅o̅s′;adj. ri klo̅o̅s′, rek′lo̅o̅s),USA pronunciation n. - a person who lives in seclusion or apart from society, often for religious meditation.
- Also, incluse. a religious voluntary immured in a cave, hut, or the like, or one remaining within a cell for life.
adj. re•cluse. Also, re•clu′sive. - shut off or apart from the world;
living in seclusion, often for religious reasons. - characterized by seclusion;
solitary.
- Late Latin reclūsus, past participle of reclūdere to shut up, equivalent. to re- re- + -clūd-, combining form of claudere to close + -tus past participle suffix, with dt s
- Old French reclus
- Middle English 1175–1225
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