secluse

secluse
a recluse living in seclusion

he chose to live alone as a secluse


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  • secluse — a recluse living in seclusion he chose to live alone as a secluse …   Dictionary of american slang

  • secluse — se·cluse …   English syllables

  • secluse — sə̇ˈklüs, sēˈ adjective Etymology: Latin seclusus, past participle of secludere : secluded, retired, withdrawn …   Useful english dictionary

  • seclusive — seclusively, adv. seclusiveness, n. /si klooh siv/, adj. 1. tending to seclude, esp. oneself. 2. causing or providing seclusion. [1815 25; secluse ( < L seclusus secluded; see SECLUSION) + IVE] * * * …   Universalium

  • seclusion — noun a) The act of secluding, or the state of being secluded; a shutting out or keeping apart, or the state of being shut out, as from company, society, the world, etc.; retirement; privacy; solitude: as, to live in seclusion. b) A secluded place …   Wiktionary

  • abstruse — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, abstract, arcane, arduous, beclouded, blind, brutal, buried, civilized, close, clouded, complex, complicated, concealed, covered, covert, critical, cultivated, cultured, deep, delicate, demanding, difficile …   Moby Thesaurus

  • beclouded — Synonyms and related words: abstruse, addlebrained, addled, addleheaded, addlepated, befuddled, blind, buried, close, clouded, cloudy, concealed, covered, covert, eclipsed, fogged, foggy, fuddlebrained, fuddled, hazy, hid, hidden, in a cloud, in… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • blind — Synonyms and related words: ableptical, abstruse, alibi, amaurotic, ambuscade, ambush, ambushment, amorphous, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, automatic, awning, back band, backstrap, bag of tricks, bamboozle, bandage, bat, be bright, beach… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • buried — Synonyms and related words: abstruse, beclouded, blind, close, clouded, concealed, covered, covert, deep buried, drowned, eclipsed, engulfed, flooded, guarded, hid, hidden, immersed, in a cloud, in a fog, in eclipse, in purdah, in the wings,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • close — Synonyms and related words: Autobahn, Spartan, US highway, abandonment, abbreviated, abort, about, about to be, abridged, abstruse, accented, accommodate, accost, accurate, adjacent, adjust, advance, agree, airless, airtight, alert, all but,… …   Moby Thesaurus

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