Re‐cluse″ (rē̍‐klūs″), a. [F. reclus, L. reclusus, from recludere, reclusum, to unclose, open, in LL., to shut up. See Close.] Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
In meditation deep, recluse
From human converse. J. Philips.