The Only Use
recluse
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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- He went to call indeed; but he was perhaps relieved to be denied admittance; perhaps, in his heart, he preferred to speak with Poole upon the doorstep and surrounded by the air and sounds of the open city, rather than to be admitted into that house of voluntary bondage, and to sit and speak with its inscrutable recluse.
p. 47.7recluse = person withdrawn from society (living alone and avoiding contact)
Definitions:
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(recluse) someone withdrawn from society (living alone and avoiding contact)
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Occasionally, recluse may refer to a venomous spider typically referred to as the brown recluse.