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Definition |
secretive, not easily accessible |
Examples |
1) The celebrity love affair is like a closed
book to the public all these years. 2) The suspect was
a closed book to the police. They
couldn't get him to talk. |
Etymology |
The term originally had a literal meaning,
referring to a book that was physically closed and could not be read. |
Synonyms |
enigmatic, hidden, confounding |
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