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secret
English
Etymology
From Middle English secrette, from Old French secret, from Latin s?cr?tus (“separated, hidden”), from ptp of s?cern? (“separate, to set aside, sunder out”), from Latin cern?, from Proto-Indo-European *krey- . Displaced Old English d?agol (“secret”) and d?agolnes (“a secret”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /?si?k??t/
- Hyphenation: se?cret
Noun
secret (countable and uncountable, plural secrets)
- (countable) A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]
- May 1 , 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 13
- To tell our own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery
- May 1 , 1750, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler No. 13
- The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.
- The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
- Something not understood or known.
- (uncountable) Private seclusion.
- (archaic, in the plural) The genital organs.
- (historical) A form of steel skullcap.
- (Christianity, often in the plural) Any prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.
Synonyms
- dern
Derived terms
Descendants
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: siikret
- ? Cebuano: sekret
Translations
Adjective
secret (comparative more secret, superlative most secret)
- Being or kept hidden. [from late 14th c.]
- (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to the Right Honourable John Lord Gower
- secret in her sapphire cell
- 1716, Elijah Fenton, an ode to the Right Honourable John Lord Gower
- (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
- (obsolete) Separate; distinct.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
- They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.
- 1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe
Alternative forms
- secrette (obsolete)
Synonyms
- see Thesaurus:hidden and Thesaurus:covert
Antonyms
- overt
Derived terms
Related terms
- secrete
- secretion
Translations
Verb
secret (third-person singular simple present secrets, present participle (UK) secretting or (US) secreting, simple past and past participle (UK) secretted or (US) secreted)
- (transitive) To make or keep secret. [from late 16th c.]
- 1984, Peter Scott Lawrence, Around the mulberry tree, Firefly Books, p. 26
- [...] she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away.
- 1986, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.
- Diskless workstations [...] make it difficult for individuals to copy information [...] onto a diskette and secret it away.
- 1994, Phyllis Granoff & Koichi Shinohara, Monks and magicians: religious biographies in Asia, Mosaic Press, p. 50
- To prevent the elixir from reaching mankind and thereby upsetting the balance of the universe, two gods secret it away.
- 1984, Peter Scott Lawrence, Around the mulberry tree, Firefly Books, p. 26
- (transitive) To hide secretly.
- He was so scared for his safety he secreted arms around the house.
Usage notes
- All other dictionaries label this sense 'obsolete', but the citations above and on the citations page demonstrate recent usage as part of the idiom "secret [something] away".
- The present participle and past forms secreting and secreted are liable to confusion with the corresponding heteronymous forms of the similar verb secrete.
Quotations
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:secret.
Derived terms
- secrete
References
- “†?secret, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
Tagged as obsolete. Notes: “In the inflected forms it is not easy to distinguish between ?secret and secrete v.” - “Se"cret (?), v. t.” listed on page 1,301 of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Se"cret (?), v. t. To keep secret. [Obs.] Bacon.
Anagrams
- Cretes, certes, erects, resect, terces
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin secretus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /s??k??t/
- (Central) IPA(key): /s??k??t/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /se?k?et/
Adjective
secret (feminine secreta, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secretes)
- secret
Derived terms
- secretament
- secretisme
Noun
secret m (plural secrets)
- secret
Derived terms
- en secret
Further reading
- “secret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “secret” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “secret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “secret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /s?.k??/, (dated) /s?.???/
Etymology 1
From Middle French secret, from Old French secret, borrowed from Latin secr?tus.
Adjective
secret (feminine singular secrète, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secrètes)
- secret
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French secret, borrowed from Latin secr?tum.
Noun
secret m (plural secrets)
- secret
Derived terms
- mettre au secret
- ne plus avoir de secret
- secret d'alcôve
- secret d'État
- secret de Polichinelle
- secret industriel
Descendants
- ? Romanian: secret
Anagrams
- certes, crêtes, terces
Further reading
- “secret” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French secret.
Adjective
secret m (feminine singular secrete, masculine plural secrets, feminine plural secretes)
- secret
Descendants
- French: secret
- ? Romanian: secret
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French secret, Latin secretum, secretus. Doublet of s?cret, which was inherited.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se?kret/
Noun
secret n (plural secrete)
- secret
Declension
Synonyms
- tain?
Adjective
secret m or n (feminine singular secret?, masculine plural secre?i, feminine and neuter plural secrete)
- secret, hidden
Declension
Synonyms
- tainic, ascuns
Related terms
- s?cret
secret From the web:
- what secretes insulin
- what secretes melatonin
- what secretes cortisol
- what secretes adh
- what secretes calcitonin
- what secretes aldosterone
- what secretes bile
- what secretes epinephrine
underhand
English
Etymology
under +? hand
Pronunciation
- enPR: ?n?d?(r)-(h)?nd', IPA(key): /??n.d?(?)?(h)ænd/
- Rhymes: -ænd
- Hyphenation: un?der?hand
Adjective
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
- secret; clandestine
- (by extension) dishonest and sneaky; done in a secret or sly manner
- (in various ball games, of a ball) thrown (etc.) with the hand brought forward and up from below
Synonyms
- (all): underhanded
- (ball games): underarm
Translations
Adverb
underhand (comparative more underhand, superlative most underhand)
- with an underhand movement
- in a sly, sneaky or secret manner
Synonyms
- (in a secret manner): underhandedly
Translations
Verb
underhand (third-person singular simple present underhands, present participle underhanding, simple past and past participle underhanded)
- To toss or lob with an underhand movement.
- To trick, deceive or gull.
- (mining) To excavate downward in successive steps or horizontal slices while positioned above on unbroken ore.
Noun
underhand (plural underhands)
- (textiles) The lower of two hands, the hand under the work.
- Your underhand should be entirely under the quilt.
Anagrams
- unharden'd
underhand From the web:
- what underhanded means
- what underhand serve
- what underhandedness meaning
- underhand what does it mean
- what is underhand serve in volleyball
- what is underhand receive in badminton
- what is underhand pass in volleyball
- what is underhand throw
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