Word Study
reclusive
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective reclusive has 2 senses
- reclusive(s = adj.all) recluse, withdrawn - withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" Derived form noun reclusiveness1
- reclusive(s = adj.all) cloistered, secluded, sequestered - providing privacy or seclusion; "the cloistered academic world of books"; "sat close together in the sequestered pergola"; "sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree"; "a secluded romantic spot" Derived form noun reclusiveness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
reclusive, a.
- Affording retirement from society. Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse{1}; not sociable; -- of people. [PJC]
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