closety

English

Etymology

closet +‎ -y

Adjective

closety (comparative more closety, superlative most closety)

  1. (colloquial) Inclined to remain in the closet; not open about one's homosexuality.
    • 1971, Donn Teal, The Gay Militants:
      Gay Pride, for all its need to show off, did not alienate old-liners of the homophile movement, nor uncommitted young and middle-aged gays, nor even old and/or closety homosexuals.
    • 1978 April 1, Eric Rogers, “The Macho Madness of the Village People”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
      The lyrics to the song, despite attempts to support gay liberation […] end up being apologetic and closety.
    • 2014, Audrey Borden, The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous, page 102:
      I was very closety and not at all comfortable about the direction my sexuality was taking me.

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