different between recluse vs detached
recluse
English
Etymology
From Old French reclus, past participle of reclure, from Latin recl?dere, present active infinitive of recl?d? (“I disclose, I open”), from re- + claud? (“close”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???klu?s/, /???klu?s/
- Rhymes: -u?s
Adjective
recluse (comparative more recluse, superlative most recluse)
- (now rare) sequestered; secluded, isolated
- J. Philips
- In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
- J. Philips
- (now rare) hidden, secret
Synonyms
- reclusive
Noun
recluse (plural recluses)
- a person who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- The recluse in the fable kept a cat to keep off the rats, and then a cow to feed the cat with milk, and a man to keep the cow and so on. My ambitions also grew like the family of the recluse.
- Synonyms: anchorite, eremite, hermit
- 1927-29, M.K. Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments with Truth, translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai, Part I, Chapter xv:
- (obsolete) the place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Foxe to this entry?)
- (US) a brown recluse spider
See also Thesaurus:recluse
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
recluse (third-person singular simple present recluses, present participle reclusing, simple past and past participle reclused)
- (obsolete) to shut; to seclude
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.klyz/
- Homophone: recluses
Adjective
recluse
- feminine singular of reclus
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -uze
Adjective
recluse
- feminine plural of recluso
Noun
recluse f
- plural of reclusa
Verb 1
recluse
- feminine plural of the past participle of recludere
Verb 2
recluse
- third-person singular past historic of recludere
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /re?klu?.se/, [r??k??u?s??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /re?klu.se/, [r??klu?s??]
Participle
recl?se
- vocative masculine singular of recl?sus
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detached
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??tæt??t/
- Rhymes: -æt?t
- Hyphenation: de?tached
Adjective
detached (comparative more detached, superlative most detached)
- Not physically attached; separated from something it could connect to.
- Of a house: not joined to another house on either side.
- Having or showing no bias or emotional involvement; disinterested.
- Not influenced by anyone else; characterized by an impersonal objectivity; impartial.
Derived terms
- semi-detached
Translations
Verb
detached
- simple past tense and past participle of detach
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