Definition of Closit
Clos"et (?), n. [OF. closet
little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an
inclosure.] 1. A small room or apartment for
retirement; a room for privacy.
A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet
by nine.
Goldsmith.
When thou prayest, enter into thy
closet.
Matt. vi. 6.
2. A small apartment, or recess in the
side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc.
Dryden.
Closet sin, sin commited in
privacy. Bp. Hall.
Clos"et, v. t. [imp. & p.
pr. & vb. n. Closeting.] 1.
To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal.
[R.]
Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed
charge.
Cowper.
2. To make into a closet for a secret
interview.
He was to call a new legislature, to closet
its members.
Bancroft.
He had been closeted with De Quadra.
Froude.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Now chiefly USA) a piece of furniture or cabinet in which clothes or household supplies may be stored.
- a small private chamber
- a toilet; a water closet
- (figurative) the state of not being open about one's homosexuality.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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