Meanings
verbuncloset (third-person singular simple present unclosets, present participle uncloseting, simple past and past participle uncloseted)
present singular third person unclosets · participle present uncloseting · participle past uncloseted · past uncloseted
- transitiveTo bring out of the closet; to out.
What is novel is the willingness of all 26 contributors to, in effect, uncloset themselves and appear in a (more or less) scholarly volume specifically for the gay community.
1977 December 24, Robert Etherington, “Gays In The Academy—Uneven Scholars”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 25, page 13
Origin
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uncloset. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncloset
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“uncloset.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncloset. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncloset,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncloset.
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