secretiveadj.

/ˈsiːkrətɪv/

/sɪˈkriːtɪv/

Forms: Also Middle English secretife.

Etymology: In 15th cent. < secret adj. + -ive suffix. In modern use, a back-formation < secretiveness n.; but apprehended as < secrete v.² + -ive suffix.

†1. = secret adj. Obsolete. rare. (Used for rhyme.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective]

dernc897

dighela1000

hid?c1225

stillc1275

stillyc1275

covertc1303

secrec1374

secret1399

secretivec1470

covered1484

dark1532

underhid1532

hiddena1547

concealed1558

abstruse1576

unshewing1598

mystical1600

of secreta1616

mystica1625

subterraneous1652

researched1653

hugger-mugger1692

hidlingsa1810

sub rosa1824

cachet1837

cloak and dagger1841

theftuous1881

q.t.1910

closet1966

down-low1991

c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. clxxviii. ii In chambre priuey and secretife [rhyme-word wife].

a. Of persons, their feelings, habits, etc.: Addicted or inclined to secrecy; reticent; not frank or open.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive

dernOE

covert1340

secrec1385

secretc1440

mum1532

closec1540

whist1577

as silent as the grave1613

privatea1625

dark1650

uncommunicating1650

dry1681

uncommunicative1691

unexpansive1847

secretive1853

tight-lipped1876

cagey1909

zip-lipped1943

closet1948

coy1961

tight1977

1853 C. Brontë Villette I. ix. 168 These things, contrary to her custom, and even nature—for she was not secretive—were most sedulously kept out of sight for a time.

1884 Harper's Mag. June 99/2 She was a shy, secretive maid.

1908 Hibbert Jrnl. Oct. 30 So secretive is this tribe that my patient inquiries have not even elicited their true name.

b. transferred of things. Also of looks, etc.: Indicating secretiveness.

ΘΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive > of things, looks, etc.

secretive1865

1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 311 O'er his dark face there flitted A secretive smile.

1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart I. 320 There was something secretive and sad about the sites of the graves.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 40 The evening lamps look yellower by contrast with the snow, and give the windows that hearty look of which our secretive fires have almost robbed them.

1892 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Slave of Lamp vii The Citizen Morot raised his secretive eyes.

3. Serving to conceal. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective]

concealing1421

hiding1483

veiling?1591

palliative1611

shrouding1623

muffling1638

maskinga1652

screening?a1656

wimpling1747

secretive1830

secludinga1851

hideaway1876

1830 I. Taylor Unitarianism 82 The pews.., secretive in their intention.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	secretive
释义	secretiveadj. /ˈsiːkrətɪv//sɪˈkriːtɪv/ Forms: Also Middle English secretife. Etymology: In 15th cent. < secret adj. + -ive suffix. In modern use, a back-formation < secretiveness n.; but apprehended as < secrete v.² + -ive suffix. †1. = secret adj. Obsolete. rare. (Used for rhyme.) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] dernc897 dighela1000 hid?c1225 stillc1275 stillyc1275 covertc1303 secrec1374 secret1399 secretivec1470 covered1484 dark1532 underhid1532 hiddena1547 concealed1558 abstruse1576 unshewing1598 mystical1600 of secreta1616 mystica1625 subterraneous1652 researched1653 hugger-mugger1692 hidlingsa1810 sub rosa1824 cachet1837 cloak and dagger1841 theftuous1881 q.t.1910 closet1966 down-low1991 c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. clxxviii. ii In chambre priuey and secretife [rhyme-word wife]. 2. a. Of persons, their feelings, habits, etc.: Addicted or inclined to secrecy; reticent; not frank or open. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive dernOE covert1340 secrec1385 secretc1440 mum1532 closec1540 whist1577 as silent as the grave1613 privatea1625 dark1650 uncommunicating1650 dry1681 uncommunicative1691 unexpansive1847 secretive1853 tight-lipped1876 cagey1909 zip-lipped1943 closet1948 coy1961 tight1977 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. ix. 168 These things, contrary to her custom, and even nature—for she was not secretive—were most sedulously kept out of sight for a time. 1884 Harper's Mag. June 99/2 She was a shy, secretive maid. 1908 Hibbert Jrnl. Oct. 30 So secretive is this tribe that my patient inquiries have not even elicited their true name. b. transferred of things. Also of looks, etc.: Indicating secretiveness. ΘΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > [adjective] > disposed to secrecy, secretive > of things, looks, etc. secretive1865 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 311 O'er his dark face there flitted A secretive smile. 1866 G. W. Thornbury Greatheart I. 320 There was something secretive and sad about the sites of the graves. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 40 The evening lamps look yellower by contrast with the snow, and give the windows that hearty look of which our secretive fires have almost robbed them. 1892 ‘H. S. Merriman’ Slave of Lamp vii The Citizen Morot raised his secretive eyes. 3. Serving to conceal. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > [adjective] concealing1421 hiding1483 veiling?1591 palliative1611 shrouding1623 muffling1638 maskinga1652 screening?a1656 wimpling1747 secretive1830 secludinga1851 hideaway1876 1830 I. Taylor Unitarianism 82 The pews.., secretive in their intention. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1470
随便看	disserts disserve disserved disserves disservice disserviceable disserviceableness disserviceably disservices disserving disses dissettle dissettled dissettledness dissettlement dissever disseverance disseverances disseveration disseverations dissevered dissevering disseverment disseverments dissevers