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 v.0.48
reclusive
adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial
reclusive life" [syn: recluse, withdrawn]
2: 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,
sequestered]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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