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secrette

secrette is the obsolete spelling of secret.

Meaning of secret

Adjective

secret (comparative more secret, superlative most secret)

  1. Being or kept hidden.
    • We went down a secret passage.
  2. (obsolete) Withdrawn from general intercourse or notice; in retirement or secrecy; secluded.
    • Sing Heav'nly Muſe, that on the secret top / Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didſt inſpire / That Shepherd, who firſt taught the choſen Seed, / In the Beginning how the Heav'ns and Earth / Roſe out of Chaos: [...]1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...
  3. (obsolete) Faithful to a secret; not inclined to divulge or betray confidence; secretive, separate, apart.
    • What neede we any ſpurre, but our owne cauſe / To pricke vs to redreſſe? What other Bond / Than ſecret Romans, that haue ſpoke the Word, / And will not palter?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]...
  4. (obsolete) Separate; distinct.
    • They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.1678, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe

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Forms of secrette

comparativemore secrette
superlativemost secrette

Questions about secrette

What is secrette the obsolete spelling of?
Secrette is the obsolete spelling of secret.

Words near secrette in the dictionary

  1. secretory leukocyte protease inhibitors
  2. secretosome
  3. secretosomes
  4. secrets
  5. secrets of Polichinelle
  6. secrette
  7. secretted
  8. secretting
  9. secretum
  10. Secrist
  11. Secrists

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