Cloaked

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Definitions

1. Concealed from sight or knowledge, often suggesting a hidden identity or purpose, and associated with mystery or secrecy
2. Pertaining to something that is wrapped or shrouded in an obscure covering, implying a sense of hidden truths or undisclosed aspects
3. Having something wrapped or covered so that it cannot be clearly seen or recognized

Etymology: The past forms of "cloak" come from a garment whose name was, surprisingly, also a bell. In medieval Latin, "clocca" meant both a bell and a travelling cape, the latter named for its bell-like shape. The word passed into Middle English as "cloke" by way of Old Northern French "cloque", and the Latin term is thought to go back to a Celtic source, Proto-Celtic "*klokkos", whose sound-imitative character points to a bell-like origin. The same root split into two English words that now look nothing alike. "Cloche", the bell-shaped glass cover for plants or food, and "clock" both descend from that ancient sound, making them doublets of "cloak". The bell gave its shape to a garment, and the garment gave its name to the act of hiding things beneath it. Its meaning moved from a physical covering to the abstract sense of concealment. Once you pull something under a cloak, it is hidden from view, which is how the verb came to describe anything secretly veiled.

Synonyms: covered, veiled, shrouded, concealed

Antonyms: exposed, revealed, uncovered