cloistered
cloistered adjective: dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary. Also the simple past and past participle of cloister.
Adjective
cloistered (comparative more cloistered, superlative most cloistered)
- 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 cloister'd state let selfish sages dwell, / Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell.1741, William Shenstone, The Judgment of Hercules
- 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.
- 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 Men1624, Henry Wotton, The Elements of Architecture, […], London: […] Iohn Bill, →OCLC
Also used as
cloistered is also the simple past and past participle of cloister.
Forms of cloistered
| comparative | more cloistered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most cloistered |
Questions about cloistered
- What does cloistered mean?
- Cloistered means dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
- What part of speech is cloistered?
- Cloistered is an adjective.
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