cloistered en · ADJ
Meanings
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Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.
1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC:In cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.
1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules:
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Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
[…]“The Vegan” is a less cloistered book, with bigger, more universal themes.
2023 July 9, Alexandra Jacobs, “Grazed and Confused: In ‘The Vegan,’ a Guilty Hedge Funder Eats His Feelings”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- Naive, lacking in worldliness.
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Furnished with cloisters.
both the Greeks and Romans […]had commonly two cloiſtered open Courts, one serving for the Womens ſide, and the other for the Men
1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more cloistered | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most cloistered | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Translations (5)
es enclaustrado (isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence) · de weltabgeschieden (isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence) · de klösterlich (isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence) · de abgeschieden (isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence) · es enceldado (isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence)