All 4 Uses of
recluse
in
The Princess Bride
- Seventy-two inches from death now The green speckled recluse doesn't destroy as quickly as the stonefish.†
p. 305.3 *recluse = someone withdrawn from society (living alone and avoiding contact)
- But gram for gram, nothing in the universe comes close to the green speckled recluse; among other spiders, compared with the green speckled recluse, the black widow was a rag doll.†
p. 305.5
- But gram for gram, nothing in the universe comes close to the green speckled recluse; among other spiders, compared with the green speckled recluse, the black widow was a rag doll.†
p. 305.5
- Prince Humperdinck's recluse lived behind the ornate green handle on the bottom door.†
p. 305.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(recluse) someone withdrawn from society (living alone and avoiding contact)
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Occasionally, recluse may refer to a venomous spider typically referred to as the brown recluse.