recluse🔊

(now rare) Sequestered; secluded, isolated.

(now rare) Hidden, secret.

An individual who lives in self-imposed isolation or seclusion from the world, especially for religious purposes; a hermit +

(obsolete) The place where a recluse dwells; a place of isolation or seclusion.

(US) A brown recluse spider.

(obsolete) To shut; to seclude.