closeted

adjective

clos·​et·​ed ˈklä-zə-təd How to pronounce closeted (audio)
ˈklȯ-
: closet entry 3 sense 3
a closeted gay man

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From closeted teens to a kiss that went viral on TikTok, TrinoxAdam share their story. Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024 Hernandez’s crimes didn’t begin with the murder of Odin Lloyd, and the temptation to mine the past for warning signs is just too great, especially with the closeted angle. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2024 The ambitious Blaise Powell (John Harlan Kim) was secretly hooking up with his closeted Alpha Gamma brother Scott Russell (Khobe Clarke), and manipulated him into becoming president of their fraternity. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Nov. 2024 This novel was nominated for the Booker Prize the year it was published, not least because of the superb, first-person-plural section on Dan’s life as a closeted gay man in New York. Tomi Obaro, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for closeted 

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of closeted was in 1969

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“Closeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/closeted. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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