† clancularadj.

Etymology: < Latin clanculārius secret, < clanculum adverb, diminutive of clam in secret, privately. The normal adaptation was clanculary adj.: see -ar suffix². (Classed as a new and uncouth word by Heylin in 1656, though it had been used by good writers for more than a generation.)

Obsolete.

Secret, private; clandestine, underhand.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective]

privyc1230

thiefly1395

stalkinga1400

slyc1440

insidious1545

clanculary1563

hedge-creeping1579

thievish1587

sneaking1590

tiptoe1593

peaking1595

underworking1605

stealthya1616

subtlea1616

surreptitious?1615

clancular1621

stealthful?1624

insidiary1625

worming1631

subterranean1643

clancularious1656

hugger-mugger1692

slink1792

slinking1841

instealing1844

thief-like1847

furtive1859

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. ii. 68 By clancular poysons hee can infect the bodies.

1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies viii. 61 Clancular houres of private prayer and devotion.

1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 322 His sentences must not be clancular, but in open Court.

1657 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude xv. 446 By whisperings and clancular suggestions.

1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 22 Proceedings..not close or clancular, but frank and open.

a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §14 239 He was dared with two clancular Men, supposed to inform Oates.

1755 G. Lavington Moravians Compared 34

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	clancular
释义	† clancularadj. Etymology: < Latin clanculārius secret, < clanculum adverb, diminutive of clam in secret, privately. The normal adaptation was clanculary adj.: see -ar suffix². (Classed as a new and uncouth word by Heylin in 1656, though it had been used by good writers for more than a generation.) Obsolete. Secret, private; clandestine, underhand. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] privyc1230 thiefly1395 stalkinga1400 slyc1440 insidious1545 clanculary1563 hedge-creeping1579 thievish1587 sneaking1590 tiptoe1593 peaking1595 underworking1605 stealthya1616 subtlea1616 surreptitious?1615 clancular1621 stealthful?1624 insidiary1625 worming1631 subterranean1643 clancularious1656 hugger-mugger1692 slink1792 slinking1841 instealing1844 thief-like1847 furtive1859 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. ii. i. ii. 68 By clancular poysons hee can infect the bodies. 1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies viii. 61 Clancular houres of private prayer and devotion. 1642 Bp. J. Taylor Of Sacred Order Episcopacy (1647) 322 His sentences must not be clancular, but in open Court. 1657 T. Manton Pract. Comm. Jude xv. 446 By whisperings and clancular suggestions. 1677 I. Barrow Serm. Passion 22 Proceedings..not close or clancular, but frank and open. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §14 239 He was dared with two clancular Men, supposed to inform Oates. 1755 G. Lavington Moravians Compared 34 This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1621
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