LekhoriLekhoriEllipsis of solitary confinement.
The prisoners who started the riot were moved to solitary.
Archaic form of solitaire (“Rodrigues solitaire”).
Living or being by oneself; alone; having no companion present
The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.
From Middle English solitarie, borrowed from Latin sōlitārius. Doublet of solitaire.
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Not much visited or frequented; remote from society
a solitary residence or place