Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - solitary
Solitary
solitary
adj. & n. --adj. 1 living alone; not gregarious; without companions; lonely (a solitary existence). 2 (of a place) secluded or unfrequented. 3 single or sole (a solitary instance). 4 (of an insect) not living in communities. 5 Bot. growing singly, not in a cluster. --n. (pl. -ies) 1 a recluse or anchorite. 2 colloq. = solitary confinement. Phrases and idioms solitary confinement isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment. Derivatives solitarily adv. solitariness n. Etymology: ME f. L solitarius f. solus alone
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I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, solitarie, from Anglo-French, from Latin solitarius, from solitas aloneness, from solus alone Date: 14th century 1. being, living, or going alone or without companions, saddened by isolation, unfrequented, desolate , 3. taken, passed, or performed without companions , keeping a prisoner apart from others , being at once single and isolated , 5. occurring singly and not as part of a group or cluster , not gregarious, colonial, social, or compound , see: alone solitarily adverb solitariness noun II. noun (plural -taries) Date: 15th century one who lives or seeks to live a ~ life ; recluse, ~ confinement in prison ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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