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adj
Serving or tending to seclude (oneself); affecting seclusion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person who stays in seclusion; a recluse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard, rare
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History
Pseudo-Latinism, derived from *sēclūsīvus, a combination of sēclūdō (“to seclude”) + -īvus (“-ive”), whence the native Latin sēclūsus. Equivalent to seclude + -ive.
Across languages
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