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    recluse
    re‧cluse /rɪˈkluːs $ ˈrekluːs/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1100-1200
     Language: Old French
     Origin: reclus 'shut up', from Late Latin recludere 'to shut up'
    someone who chooses to live alone, and does not like seeing or talking to other people:
        She became a recluse after her two sons were murdered.
    —reclusive /rɪˈkluːsɪv/ adjective