DictionaryRoot: claudere
Latin
claudere
close or shut
Forms
- claudere
- claus- — The form used for completed action.
- -clud- — The vowel changed in Latin compounds.
- -clus- — The corresponding changed completed-action form.
Origin
Related to Latin clavis, “key,” in an older Indo-European family associated with closing.
Note
Closing can suggest ending an argument, keeping something in, or keeping something out.
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noun / adjective
recluse
REK-loos/ˈrekluːs/
A person who lives apart from others, or a secluded way of living.
Etymology
The image is of being shut away, with re- perhaps intensifying the idea. Originally a recluse withdrew from the world for religious meditation; the word later broadened to someone who avoids society.
Related word entries
- clause
- closeNearness
- closeShutting
- closeSecretiveness
- closeStuffy air
- closed
- closely
- closureEmotional resolution
- closureFunction retaining surrounding variables
- conclusion
- disclose
- exclude
- exclusion
- exclusiveRestricted access
- exclusiveNot including
- include
- inclusive
- occlude
- occlusionContact between teeth
- occlusionOvertaking weather fronts
- occlusionBlocking
- preclude
- recluse
- seclusion