Recluse
WordNet
adjective
(1) Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude
"Lived an unsocial reclusive life"
noun
(2) One who lives in solitude
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From Old French reclus, past participle of of reclure, from Latin recludere ‘enclose’, from re- + claudere ‘close’.
Adjective
- (now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.
- (now rare) 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
recluse
- Plural of recluso
recluse