isolato

American  

[ahy-suh-ley-toh] / ˌaɪ səˈleɪ toʊ /

noun

plural

isolatoes

1. a person who is physically or spiritually isolated from society or out of sympathy with the times.

   In more recent literature, typical heroes are the exile, the expatriate, the resistance fighter, the isolato, the haunted rebel.

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Etymology

Origin of isolato

First recorded in 1850–55; from Italian, from Latin insulātus; see insulate

Example Sentences

It’s about urban loneliness, including the author’s own, and it takes detours into truly offbeat places, such as the music of that genuine isolato, the otherworldly countertenor Klaus Nomi.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2018