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Reclusive — Re*clu sive (r[ e]*kl[=u] s[i^]v), a. 1. Affording retirement from society. Some reclusive and religious life. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Disposed to avoid the company of other people; living like a recluse[1]; not sociable; of people. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
reclusive — 1590s, from RECLUSE (Cf. recluse) + IVE (Cf. ive). Recluse formerly served also as an adjective in English … Etymology dictionary
reclusive — [[t]rɪklu͟ːsɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED A reclusive person or animal lives alone and deliberately avoids the company of others. A reclusive millionaire left his luxury home to the housekeeper he had hardly spoken to for 21 years... She had become… … English dictionary
reclusive — adjective 1. providing privacy or seclusion the cloistered academic world of books sat close together in the sequestered pergola sitting under the reclusive calm of a shade tree a secluded romantic spot • Syn: ↑cloistered, ↑secluded, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
reclusive — re·clu·sive (rĭ klo͞oʹsĭv, zĭv) adj. 1. Seeking or preferring seclusion or isolation. 2. Providing seclusion: a reclusive hut. re·cluʹsive·ly adv. re·cluʹsive·ness n. * * * … Universalium
reclusive — recluse [n] person who does not want social contact anchorite, ascetic, cenobite, eremite, hermit, monk, nun, solitaire, solitary, troglodyte; concept 423 Ant. extrovert recluse / reclusive [adj] hermitlike, unsociable antisocial, ascetic,… … New thesaurus
reclusive — recluse ► NOUN ▪ a person who avoids others and lives a solitary life. DERIVATIVES reclusion noun reclusive adjective. ORIGIN from Old French reclus shut up , from Latin recludere enclose … English terms dictionary
Reclusive Life in Dali - Qiu Mu Ju — (Старый город Дали,Китай) Категория отеля: Адрес: The Congyuan V … Каталог отелей
Reclusive Life Phoenix Island — (Санья,Китай) Категория отеля: 5 звездочный отель Адрес: Building 5, P … Каталог отелей
Reclusive Ringtail Possum — Taxobox name = Reclusive Ringtail PossumMSW3 Groves | pages = 53] status = VU status system = iucn3.1 status ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = Australasian Marsupial Monotreme Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 40582 | title = Pseudochirops… … Wikipedia
