secluse

/sɪˈkluːs/

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Archaic

"[…] or by removing the thing (if it be a materiall thing, as this was) out of the placęs of reſort, into ſome ſecluſe place, vvhere the people might neither come at it, nor ſee it, and where without offence it might ſtill be kept for a monument of Gods mercy: […]"
"Was it not you, Henry, who in The guise of a hermit thrush once Led me down a deer path To your secluse and secret springs On the lap of Fair Haven Hill?"

Borrowed from Latin sēclūsus. Compare with Spanish secluso (now obsolete).

more secluse (comparative) most secluse (superlative)

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How do you pronounce secluse?

The recorded pronunciation is /sɪˈkluːs/.

What does secluse mean?

Secluded.

Where does secluse come from?

Borrowed from Latin sēclūsus. Compare with Spanish secluso (now obsolete).

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