claustral
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of claustral
1400–50; late Middle English < Late Latin claustrālis, equivalent to claustr ( um ) bolt, barrier ( see claustrum) + -ālis -al 1
Example Sentences
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Arriving in Charlie’s claustral, stagnant world, Adam offers fresh air—and enlivening disturbance.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 15, 2019
She heartily dislikes Tarnower, his "repilian" face, his dictatorial and unimaginative diet book and his Westchester, N.Y., house, which she finds "Japanoid" and "claustral."
From Time Magazine Archive
Father Joseph's diet at this time was of "claustral simplicity."
From Time Magazine Archive
Balzac had no personal experience of the subject till just before his death, and his singular claustral habits of life could not give him much opportunity for observation.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
I had by this time a suspicion that the Griffin was a claustral thing and a mystery not to be blurted out.
From Hills and the Sea by Hilaire Belloc
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