secretnoun詞源 1/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/

• 1

  A piece of knowledge that is hidden and intended to be kept hidden.

  • "Can you keep a secret?" "Yes." "So can I."
  • To tell our own secrets is generally folly, but that folly is without guilt; to communicate those with which we are intrusted is always treachery
• 2

  The key or principle by which something is made clear; the knack.

  • The secret to a long-lasting marriage is compromise.
• 3

  Something not understood or known.

  • Thou knewſt by name, and all th' ethereal powers, / All ſecrets of the deep, all Natures works,
• 4

  Private seclusion.

  • The work was done in secret, so that nobody could object.
• 5

  archaicThe genital organs.

• 6

  historicalA form of steel skullcap.

• 7

  ChristianityAny prayer spoken inaudibly and not aloud; especially, one of the prayers in the Tridentine Mass, immediately following the "orate, fratres", said inaudibly by the celebrant.

secretverb詞源 1/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/

• 1

  rareTo make or keep secret.

  • … she would unfold the silk, press it with a smooth wooden block that she'd heated in the oven, and then once more secret it away.
  • 1986, InfoWorld, InfoWorld Media Group, Inc. Diskless workstations … make it difficult for individuals to copy information … onto a diskette and secret it away.
• 2

  rareTo hide secretly.

secretadj詞源 2/ˈsiː.kɹɪt/

• 1

  Being or kept hidden.

  • We went down a secret passage.
  • The ſecret things belong unto the Lord our God; but thoſe things which are reuealed belong unto us, and to our children for euer, that wee may doe all the words of this Law.
• 2

  obsoleteWithdrawn 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: [...]
  • secret in her sapphire cell
• 3

  obsoleteFaithful 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?
• 4

  obsoleteSeparate; distinct.

  • They suppose two other divine hypostases superior thereunto, which were perfectly secret from matter.