Reverse Dictionary: PRIVACY

ADJECTIVES
​► HOMESELF carried on with oneself; private → 1650 obs.
► CABINET private, confidential, secret 
► CLANCULAR secret, private; clandestine, underhand → 1621 obs.
► CLANCULARIOUS private, secret; unknown; clandestine, underhand → 1656 obs.
► CLANCULARY secret, private; clandestine, underhand → 1563 obs.
► DERN not made known; kept private or unrevealed, not divulged → 1000 obs.
► OPERTANEOUS of secret, hidden, or covert nature; done in private, hidden from view, concealed → 1656 obs.
► PARTICULAR private, confidential → 1884 Sc.
► SINGULAR pert. to or connected with the individual, in contrast to what is common or general; personal, private, one’s own → c1340 obs.
► VERNACULAR personal, private → 1840

ADVERBS
► HEAD TO HEAD face to face; in private conversation → c1728 obs.
► TAPLY at break of day, early in the morning; privately; quickly → 1746 Eng. dial. obs.

NOUNS
► DERN secrecy, concealment, privacy → a1250 obs.
► HUDDER-MUDDER concealment, secrecy, privacy → 1461 obs.
► MIX one’s private life → 2000s African-American sl.
► PRATTLING PARLOUR a private apartment → M19 sl.

PHRASES
► THAT’S MY LITTLE RED WAGON that’s my business → 1984 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► AIR DIRTY LAUNDRY ► AIR ONE’S DIRTY LAUNDRY ► AIR ONE’S LAUNDRY  to reveal or discuss private matters, esp. of a scandalous or controversial nature → 1872
► AIR ONE’S DIRTY LINEN ► AIR ONE’S LINEN to reveal or discuss private matters, esp. of a scandalous or controversial nature → 1872 colloq.
► AIR ONE’S DIRTY LINEN IN PUBLIC to talk about private quarrels or disgraces where others can hear; to make public something embarrassing that should be kept secret → 1988
► IMPRIVACY to place in privacy; to secrete → a1670 obs.