recluse

Meanings

Adjective

• sequestered; secluded, isolated
• hidden, secret

Noun

• a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
• the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion
• a brown recluse spider

Verb

• to shut; to seclude

Related

Similar words

• reclusive

Origin

• From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin reclūdere, present active infinitive of reclūdō, from re- + claudō.