closet – English noun declension

English noun forms of closet

Noun: closet
Singularcloset
Pluralclosets

Sample Sentences

  • A Closet full of shelves... it... should therefore be called a Cupboard rather than a Closet. [1799 May 17, Jane Austen, letter]
  • She came in now, but to the closet; from it she took a simple skirt and blouse. Picking up her underclothing she departed, obviously to dress somewhere else. [1964, Philip K. Dick, “NINE”, in Clans of the Alphane Moon, United States: Ace Books, →OCLC; republished London: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 112:]
  • A slepe hym toke / In hys closet. [c. 1370, Robert Cicyle, l. 57 f:]
  • VVhen come to the place vvhere vve all vvere to dine, / (A chair-lumber'd Cloſet, juſt tvvelve feet by nine) / My friend bid me vvelcome, but ſtruck me quite dumb / VVith tidings that Johnson and Burke coud not come: […] [1765, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare, Dublin: […] W. Whitestone, […], published 1776, →OCLC, page 9:]
  • Closet for a lady to make her redy in, chamberette. [1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, page 206:]
  • When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 6:6:]
  • [A]broad and at home, at their Tables or in their Closets […] [[1594], Richard Hooker, chapter 24, in J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):]
  • Chaplayneȝ to þe chapeles chosen þe gate... / Þe lorde loutes þerto, & þe lady als, / In-to a comly closet coyntly ho entreȝ. [c. 1390, Sir Gawain & the Green Knight, §I, 934 ff.]
  • Closet, chapelle. [1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, page 206:]
  • But heere's a Parchment... I found it in his Closset, 'tis his Will. [1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii], line 130:]
  • Mr. Tradescant and his wife told me they had been long considering upon whom to bestow their closet of curiosities when they died. [1659, Elias Ashmole, Diary, page 326:]
  • The late House of Commons have... seiz'd Closets and Writings without Information. [1681, Marquis of Halifax, Seasonable Addresses to the Houses of Parliament in Concise Succession, page 10:]
  • Went the sonne of god oute of the pryuy closet of the maydens wombe. [1530, chapter II, in Myroure of Oure Ladye, page 233:]
  • The closet can be a scary place for a gay teenager.
  • He's so far in the closet, he can see Narnia.
  • A Closset is the halfe of the Barre, and tenne of them maie be borne in one fielde. [1572, J. Bossewell, Wks. Armorie, page 12:]
  • 6 o'clock TV news specials concerning a famous Hollywood movie star who has been diagnosed with [AIDS]. It had to happen sooner or later. (In fact it probably has happened sooner, but the tenor of the times and the closets of the people were no doubt more secure.) [1985 August 24, Michael Bronski, “Rock Hudson: The Great Gay Hope”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 7, page 15:]
  • [1669, Kenelm Digby, The closet of the eminently learned Sir Kenelm Digbie Kt. opened: Whereby is discovered several ways for making of metheglin, sider, cherry-wine &c. together with excellent directions for cookery: as also for preserving, conserving, candying, &c.:]
  • [1670, Hannah Woolley, The Queen-like Closet, Or, Rich Cabinet: Stored with all manner of RARE RECEIPTS For Preserving, Candying and Cookery Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the FEMALE SEX.:]

Etymology

From Middle English closet, from Old French closet, from clos (“private space”) + -et (diminutive suffix), from Latin clausum. Equivalent to close + -et, but generally applied in French solely to small open-air enclosures. See: Middle English Nouns 'closet', Latin Nouns 'clausum'.

Verbs referencing "closet"

Icelandic Nouns klósett, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns klosett, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns klosett, German Nouns Klosett, Portuguese Nouns closet americano.