recluse
noun/rɪˈkluːs/
/ˈrekluːs/
- a person who lives alone and likes to avoid other people
- to lead the life of a recluse
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recludere ‘enclose’, from re- ‘again’ + claudere ‘to shut’.
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