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secluded (adj.)

c. 1600, of persons, "separated from others, withdrawn from public observation;" 1798, in reference to places, "remote or screened from visibility or access;" past-participle adjective from seclude (v.). Earlier secluse (1590s).

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seclude (v.)

mid-15c., secluden, transitive, "to cut off from, shut or keep out" (implied in ben secluded), a sense now archaic, from Latin secludere "shut off, confine," from se- "apart" (see se-) + -cludere, variant of claudere "to shut" (see close (v.)). The meaning "remove or guard from public view" is recorded from 1620s. Related: Secluded; secluding.

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Definitions of secluded

secluded (adj.)
hidden from general view or use;
a secluded romantic spot
Synonyms: privy / secret
secluded (adj.)
providing privacy or seclusion;
a secluded romantic spot
Synonyms: cloistered / reclusive / sequestered
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