Closeted Definition

klŏzĭ-tĭd, klôzĭ-
adjective
Being in a state of secrecy or cautious privacy.
American Heritage
Concealing one's identity, esp. one's sexual orientation.
A closeted homosexual.
Webster's New World

Confined.

He's spent all day closeted in his room.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of closet.

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Origin of Closeted

  • closet (“state of concealment”) +‎ -ed

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  • See closet (verb)

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Closeted Sentence Examples

  • He may have harbored suspicions but he'd closeted his curiosity.

  • When, on the 9th of February 1670, Schumacher delivered the Kongelov to Christian V., the king bade all those about him withdraw, and after being closeted a good hour with Schumacher, appointed him his "Obergeheimesekreter."

  • In Landis, the children were closeted away for fear of being snatched and sold into slavery.

  • At the start of the century such demands would have been judged proper solely to the closeted capacities of millwrights and turners.

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CCLCLO

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DEDTED

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