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closeted

[kloz-i-tid]

adjective

  1. functioning in private; secret; closet.



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Other Word Forms

  • uncloseted adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of closeted1

First recorded in 1675–85; closet + -ed 2
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Example Sentences

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“I was closeted and engaged to a woman,” Clarke says, “and I was intrigued because it seemed like a really important moment was happening culturally.”

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“My most personal issue had me imprisoned. … It was a different society that I grew up in. Being closeted was the way to survive if you’re LGBTQ.”

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Maybe this story will inform a closeted Parkinson’s patient about programs like Kaizen Kinetics and empower them to pick up the phone and join.

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More importantly, she is sweet and attentive, the kind of tender girlfriend a closeted boy like Benny would naturally gravitate toward.

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In a series of events Wright called “alarming and tragic,” a closeted Nova Scotia teen downloaded the LGBTQ+ hookup app in an attempt to meet other gay kids in his rural Canadian town.

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