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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)

  1. (now rare) sequestered; secluded, isolated
    • J. Philips
      In meditation deep, recluse / From human converse.
  2. (now rare) hidden, secret

Synonyms

  • reclusive

Noun

recluse (plural recluses)

  1. 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
  2. (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?)
  3. (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)

  1. (obsolete) to shut; to seclude

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??.klyz/
  • Homophone: recluses

Adjective

recluse

  1. feminine singular of reclus

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uze

Adjective

recluse

  1. feminine plural of recluso

Noun

recluse f

  1. plural of reclusa

Verb 1

recluse

  1. feminine plural of the past participle of recludere

Verb 2

recluse

  1. 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

  1. vocative masculine singular of recl?sus

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hidden

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: h?d?n, IPA(key): /?h?d(?)n/
  • (Canada) IPA(key): /?h?dn/
  • Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

hidden

  1. past participle of hide

Adjective

hidden (comparative more hidden, superlative most hidden)

  1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
  2. Obscure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:hidden

Antonyms

  • See Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

  • hidden tax

Translations


Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German huoten, from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan?. Cognate with German hüten, Dutch hoeden, and English heed.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?hiden/, [?hid?n]
  • Rhymes: -id?n

Verb

hidden (third-person singular present hitt, past participle gehitt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to tend, to mind, to look after

Conjugation

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