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unsecret en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + secret.

Meanings

  1. Not secret.
    • They call it B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, and on Thursday night this unsecret hideout was invaded by trolls. 2007 September 22, Kelefa Sanneh, “Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls”, in New York Times:
  2. (archaic) Not close; not trusty.
    • who ſhall be true to vs / When we are ſo vnſecret to our ſelues? c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
most unsecret Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unsecret Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unsecretly

unsecret en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + secret.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To disclose; to divulge.
    • But let Princes beware, that the vnſecreting of their Affaires, comes not from Themſelues. 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Counsel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland […], published 1632, →OCLC, page 118:

Forms

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unsecrets Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
unsecreting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsecreted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
unsecreted Tense=Past lexicographic