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nearest
English
Etymology
near +? -est.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?n????st/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n???st/
- Hyphenation: near?est
Adjective
nearest
- Closest; superlative form of near: most near.
- Where is the nearest bus stop?
- I calculated the cost to the nearest 50 dollars.
Preposition
nearest
- Closest to.
- Mercury is the planet nearest the Sun.
- 1843, Edgar Allan Poe, The Gold-Bug:
- Fastening one end of this at that point of the trunk of the tree which was nearest the peg, he unrolled it till it reached the peg and thence further unrolled it, in the direction already established by the two points of the tree and the peg, for the distance of fifty feet […]
Anagrams
- Earnest, Eastern, Saetern, Tareens, earnest, eastern, estrane, renates, sterane
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closet
English
Etymology
From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) +? -et (“forming diminutives”), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close +? -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?kl?z?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kl?z?t/
- Rhymes: -?z?t
Noun
closet (plural closets)
- One used to store food or other household supplies: a cupboard.
- 1799 May 17, Jane Austen, letter:
- A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet.
- 1799 May 17, Jane Austen, letter:
- (obsolete) Any private area, (particularly) bowers in the open air.
- c. 1370, Robert Cicyle, l. 57 f.:
- A slepe hym toke
In hys closet.
- A slepe hym toke
- c. 1370, Robert Cicyle, l. 57 f.:
- (now rare) Any private or inner room, (particularly):
- 1776, Oliver Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare
- a chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine
- (obsolete) A private room used by women to groom and dress themselves.
- 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, p. 206:
- Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette.
- 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, p. 206:
- (archaic) A private room used for prayer or other devotions.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Matthew, 6:6:
- When thou prayest, enter into thy closet.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Matthew, 6:6:
- (figuratively, archaic) A place of (usually, fanciful) contemplation and theorizing.
- a. 1600, Robert Hooker, Of Lawes Eccl. and Politie, Ch. vii, § 24:
- ...abroad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets...
- a. 1600, Robert Hooker, Of Lawes Eccl. and Politie, Ch. vii, § 24:
- (archaic) The private residence or private council chamber of a monarch.
- 1776, Oliver Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare
- (obsolete) A pew or side-chapel reserved for a monarch or other feudal lord.
- c. 1390, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, §I, 934 ff.:
- Chaplayne? to þe chapeles chosen þe gate...
Þe lorde loutes þerto, & þe lady als,
In-to a comly closet coyntly ho entre?.
- Chaplayne? to þe chapeles chosen þe gate...
- 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, p. 206:
- Closet, chapelle.
- c. 1390, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, §I, 934 ff.:
- A private cabinet, (particularly):
- (obsolete) One used to store valuables.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, Act III, Scene ii, l. 130:
- But heere's a Parchment... I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar, Act III, Scene ii, l. 130:
- (archaic) One used to store curiosities.
- 1659, Elias Ashmole, Diary, p. 326:
- Mr. Tradescant and his wife told me they had been long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when they died.
- 1681, Marquis of Halifax, Seasonable Addresses to the Houses of Parliament in Concise Succession, p. 10:
- The late House of Commons have... seiz'd Closets and Writings without Information.
- 1659, Elias Ashmole, Diary, p. 326:
- (figuratively) A secret or hiding place, (particularly) the hiding place in English idioms such as in the closet and skeleton in the closet.
- 1530, Myroure of Oure Ladye, Ch. ii, p. 233:
- Went the sonne of god oute of the pryuy closet of the maydens wombe.
- The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
- He's so far in the closet, he can see Narnia.
- 1530, Myroure of Oure Ladye, Ch. ii, p. 233:
- (obsolete) One used to store valuables.
- (now chiefly Scotland, Ireland) Any small room or side-room, (particularly):
- (US) One intended for storing clothes or bedclothes.
- (obsolete) Clipping of closet of ease, (later, Britain) clipping of water closet: a room containing a toilet.
- (heraldry) An ordinary similar to a bar but half as broad.
- 1572, J. Bossewell, Wks. Armorie, p. 12:
- A Closset is the halfe of the Barre, and tenne of them maie be borne in one fielde.
- 1572, J. Bossewell, Wks. Armorie, p. 12:
- (Scotland, obsolete) A sewer.
- A state or condition of secrecy, privacy, or obscurity.
Synonyms
- (place of fanciful theorization): armchair
- (furniture or shelving used for storage): See cabinet
- (room with a toilet): See Thesaurus:bathroom
Hyponyms
- (A small closet with built-in lock): locker
- (A small room used for storage): walk-in closet, storage room
- (A storage area set into a wall, used for storing food or dishware): cupboard, pantry, larder, cabinet
- (A piece of furniture, used for storing clothes): wardrobe, armoire, press (Irish & Scots)
- (A piece of furniture, used for storing food or dishware): cupboard, sideboard, cabinet, press (Irish & Scots), wardrobe (UK)
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Czech: klozet
- ? Spanish: clóset
- ? Welsh: closet
Translations
Adjective
closet (not comparable)
- (obsolete) Private.
- Secret, (especially) with reference to gay people who are in the closet; closeted.
- He's a closet case.
See also
- out
Verb
closet (third-person singular simple present closets, present participle closeting, simple past and past participle closeted)
- (transitive) To shut away for private discussion.
- The ambassador has been closeted with the prime minister all afternoon. We're all worried what will be announced when they exit.
- (transitive) To put into a private place for a secret interview or interrogation.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members.
- 1856-1870, James Anthony Froude, History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Defeat of the Spanish Armada
- He had been closeted with De Quadra.
- 1834-1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent.
- (transitive) To shut up in, or as in, a closet for concealment or confinement.
- 1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium, or A Review of Schools, [1]
- See what contempt is fallen on human kind; […] See Bedlam's closeted and handcuff'd charge / Surpass'd in frenzy by the mad at large;
- 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, p. 55,
- […] she had to look twice over her shoulder when the Gay Northeasters and the City Belles strolled down Seventh Avenue, they were so handsome. But this envy-streaked pleasure Alice closeted, and never let the girl see how she admired those ready-for-bed-in-the-street clothes.
- 1784, William Cowper, Tirocinium, or A Review of Schools, [1]
Derived terms
- closeted
- closet oneself
See also
- come out
References
Anagrams
- colets, telcos
Old French
Etymology
clos +? -et.
Noun
closet m (oblique plural closez or closetz, nominative singular closez or closetz, nominative plural closet)
- small enclosed area, such as a field or a paddock
Romanian
Etymology
From English (water) closet, via French (water-)closet and semi-calque German (Wasser)Klosett.
Noun
closet n (plural closete)
- toilet, latrine, bathroom
See also
- baie
- toalet?
References
- Romanian vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.
Spanish
Noun
closet m (plural closets)
- Alternative spelling of clóset
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl?s?t/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English closet.
Alternative forms
- closed
Noun
closet m (plural closetau)
- closet
Etymology 2
Inflected form of cloi.
Alternative forms
- cloet (colloquial)
- cloit (literary)
Verb
closet
- (colloquial) second-person singular conditional of cloi
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “closet”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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