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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Being in a state of secrecy or cautious privacy.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, same as barruly or barruletty, according to the number of closets represented. See closet, n., 6.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective slang Not open about one's homosexuality.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of closet.
  • adjective Confined.

Etymologies

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closet (“state of concealment”) +‎ -ed

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See closet (verb)

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