unsecret

English

Etymology

Adjective

unsecret (comparative more unsecret, superlative most unsecret)

Not secret.
- 2007 September 22, Kelefa Sanneh, “Finnish Folk-Metal, in Swedish, Plus Trolls”, in New York Times‎:
  They call it B. B. King Blues Club & Grill, and on Thursday night this unsecret hideout was invaded by trolls.
(archaic) Not close; not trusty.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  Who shall be true to us
  When we are so unsecret to ourselves?

Verb

unsecret (third-person singular simple present unsecrets, present participle unsecreting, simple past and past participle unsecreted)

(transitive) To disclose; to divulge.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Counsel”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, →OCLC:
  the unsecreting of their affairs

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