closety

English

Etymology

From 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.

Anagrams

• Costley, cloyest, cotyles