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Definition of Come out of the closet
1. Verb. To state openly and publicly one's homosexuality. "This actor outed last year"
Generic synonyms: Break, Bring Out, Disclose, Discover, Divulge, Expose, Give Away, Let On, Let Out, Reveal, Unwrap
Definition of Come out of the closet
1. Verb. (intransitive idiomatic) To tell others about homosexuality, bisexuality or any minority or disapproved-of belief, preference, etc., where previously this had been kept secret. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Come Out Of The Closet
Literary usage of Come out of the closet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, David Brainerd (1830)
"... and when she came back, the child, being come out of the closet, meets her
mother with this cheerful speech ; I can find God now! referring to what she ..."
2. The Works of President Edwards: With a Memoir of His Life by Jonathan Edwards, Sereno Edwards Dwight (1830)
"... who was next neighbour; and when she came back, the child, being come out of
the closet, meets her mother with this cheerful speech; I can find God now! ..."
3. Celebrated Trials Connected with the Upper Classes of Society, in the by Peter Burke (1851)
"... stood behind his master, with a candle in his hand, to shadow Black Will, that
his master might by no means perceive him come out of the closet. ..."
4. The Works of President Edwards: With Valuable Additions and a Copious by Jonathan Edwards (1879)
"... who was next neighbor ; and when she came back, the child being come out of
the closet, meets her mother with this cheerful speech—I can fino God now ! ..."
5. Culloden Papers: Comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from by H. R. Duff (1815)
"That Member was newly come out of the Closet, and found all the Gentlemen there
in the Bed-Chamber who were concerned in the Address ; with .whom he retired ..."
6. The Works of President Edwards in Four Volumes: A Reprint of the Worcester by Jonathan Edwards (1858)
"... and her mother went over to her brother's, who was next neighbor ; and when
she came back, the child being come out of the closet, meets her mother with ..."
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