Recluse

rē-klōōs′, adj. secluded: retired: solitary.— n. one shut up or secluded: one who lives retired from the world: a religious devotee living in a single cell, generally attached to a monastery.— adv. Recluse′ly , in retirement or seclusion from society.— ns. Recluse′ne , seclusion from society: retirement; Reclu′sion , religious retirement or seclusion: the life of a recluse.— adj. Reclu′sive ( Shak. ), affording retirement or seclusion.— n. Reclu′sory , a recluse's cell. [Fr.,—L. reclusus , pa.p. of recludĕre , to open, shut away— re- , away, claudĕre , to shut.]