reclusiveness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English reclusive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English reclusiveness From reclusive + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being reclusive.
But of Lee you hear hardly anything at all; she is nearly as famous for her reclusiveness (now there’s an oxymoron) as J. D. Salinger.
2006 February 4, Erica Wagner, “First word: People don't love Harper Lee—they love her work”, in Times Online, London, retrieved 29 Jun 2007: