solitary
Cross references:
1. alone 2. single
1. sol.i.tary \'sa:l-*-.ter-e-\ aj [ME, fr. L solitarius, fr. solitas
aloneness, fr. solus alone] 1a: being, living, or going alone or without
companions 1b: LONELY 2: UNFREQUENTED, DESOLATE 3: taken, passed, or
performed without companions {a ~ ramble} 4: SINGLE, SOLE {a ~ example}
5a: occurring singly and not as part of a group or cluster {flowers term
inal and ~} 5b: not gregarious, colonial, social, or compound {~ corals ~R
bees}
2. solitary n 1: one who lives or seeks to live a solitary life : RECLUSE
2: solitary confinement in prison