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Definitions: Reclusive |
ReclusiveAdjective1. Withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life". 2.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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reclusive" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references) |
Synonyms: ReclusiveSynonyms: cloistered (adj), recluse (adj), secluded (adj), sequestered (adj), withdrawn (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Reclusive |
| English words defined with "reclusive": cloistered ♦ recluse ♦ secluded, sequestered ♦ withdrawn. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "reclusive": Seymour Cray. (references) |
| "Reclusive" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reclusive" is used about 44 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 44 | 51,500 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
reclusive | 8 |
brown reclusive | 4 |
reclusive spider | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reclusive"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Arabic | متوحد (alone, isolated, lone, lonely, recluse, secluded, solitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | solitaire (morbid recluse person, recluse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | allein (alon, alone, but, by itself, by oneself, exclusively, however, just, lonely, lonesome, on its own, on smb.'s own, only, private, single handed, sole, solely, solitary, unaccompanied, unaided, unassisted, unescorted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | visszavonult (recluse, retired, secluded, sequestered, solitary), világtól elvonult, világtól elvonuló. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tersembunyi (hidden, latent, privy, underground), terpencil (desolate, remote, solitary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | unico (alone, isolated, lonely, nonpareil, one, one only, only, single, sole, unescorted, unique). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eclusiveray отшельнический (anchoritic, eremitic, recluse), затворнический (recluse). (various references) meudwyaidd (ascetic, hermit-like, retiring). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "reclusive": reclusively, reclusiveness, reclusivenesses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "reclusive": preclusive. (additional references) | |
Words containing "reclusive": preclusively. (additional references) | |
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"Reclusive" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: recunsive, relusive, replusive, seclusive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reclusive" (pronounced rikluw"siv or rēkluw"siv) |
| 6 | -k l uw" s i v | conclusive, exclusive, inclusive, inconclusive, nonexclusive. |
| 5 | -l uw" s i v | allusive, collusive, elusive, illusive. |
| 4 | -uw" s i v | abusive, conducive, intrusive, obtrusive, unobtrusive. |
| 3 | -s i v | abrasive, adhesive, aggressive, apprehensive, aversive, coercive, cohesive, comprehensive, compulsive, convulsive, corrosive, counteroffensive, decisive, defensive, depressive, derisive, discursive, dismissive, dispersive, divisive, effusive, erosive, evasive, excessive, expansive, expensive, explosive, expressive, extensive, hypertensive, impassive, impressive, impulsive, incisive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, invasive, massive, missive, nonresponsive, obsessive, offensive, oppressive, passive, pensive, permissive, persuasive, pervasive, possessive, progressive, recessive, reflexive, regressive, repressive, repulsive, responsive, submissive, subversive, successive, unimpressive, unresponsive. |
| 6 | -k l uw" s i v | conclusive, exclusive, inclusive, inconclusive, nonexclusive. |
| 5 | -l uw" s i v | allusive, collusive, elusive, illusive. |
| 4 | -uw" s i v | abusive, conducive, intrusive, obtrusive, unobtrusive. |
| 3 | -s i v | abrasive, adhesive, aggressive, apprehensive, aversive, coercive, cohesive, comprehensive, compulsive, convulsive, corrosive, counteroffensive, decisive, defensive, depressive, derisive, discursive, dismissive, dispersive, divisive, effusive, erosive, evasive, excessive, expansive, expensive, explosive, expressive, extensive, hypertensive, impassive, impressive, impulsive, incisive, indecisive, inexpensive, inoffensive, invasive, massive, missive, nonresponsive, obsessive, offensive, oppressive, passive, pensive, permissive, persuasive, pervasive, possessive, progressive, recessive, reflexive, regressive, repressive, repulsive, responsive, submissive, subversive, successive, unimpressive, unresponsive. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-i-l-r-s-u-v" | |
-1 letter: versicle. | |
-2 letters: ceilers, clivers, culvers, cursive, elusive, leisure, leviers, recluse, relives, reviles, scrieve, service, servile, surveil, veilers, velures, vesicle. | |
-3 letters: ceiler, cereus, cerise, ceruse, clever, clevis, creels, cruise, culver, curies, curves, elvers, ervils, eviler, levers, levier, levies, liever, livers, livres, lucres, recuse, reives, relics, relies, relive, rescue, resile, revels, revile, revise, revues, scrive, secure, silver, slicer, sliver, sluice, ulcers, veiler, velure. | |
-4 letters: ceils, ceres, cires, clues, creel, cries, cruel, cruse, cures, curie, curls, curse, curve, ecrus, elver, elves, ervil, evils, ileus, leers, lever, liers, lieus, lieve, liver, lives, livre, luces, lucre, lures, reels, reive, relic, reuse, revel, revue, rices, riels, riles, rives, rules, scree, serve, sever, sieur, sieve, siree, siver, slice, slier, sucre, sulci, ulcer, ureic, veers, veils, verse, vices, viers, viler, vires, virls, virus. | |
-5 letters: cees, ceil, cels, cere, cire, clue, cris, crus, cues, cure, curl, curs, ecru, ecus, eels, else, ever, eves, evil, ices, ires, isle, leer, lees, leis, lice, lier, lies, lieu, lire, live, luce, lues, lure, luvs, recs, reel, rees, reis, revs, rice, riel, rile, rise, rive, rues, rule, ruse, seel, seer, sere, sice, sire, slue, slur, suer, sure, uric, user, veer, vees, veil, vice, vier, vies, vile, virl, vise. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-i-l-r-s-u-v" | |
+1 letter: preclusive, virulences. | |
+2 letters: excursively, reclusively, recursively, virulencies. | |
+3 letters: multiservice, percussively, preclusively, recultivates, surveillance, vermiculites. | |
+4 letters: destructively, lucrativeness, reclusiveness, surveillances, unserviceable. | |
+5 letters: diverticuloses, supercivilized, ultraexclusive, ultraviolences, undiscoverable, vesicularities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 63 6C 75 73 69 76 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . -.-. .-.. ..- ... .. ...- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100011 01101100 01110101 01110011 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e c l u s i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0063 006C 0075 0073 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527169788785758871 |
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