单词 | surreptitious |
释义 | surreptitious —surreptitiously, adv. —surreptitiousness, n. /serr'euhp tish"euhs/, adj. 1. obtained, done, made, etc., by stealth; secret or unauthorized; clandestine: a surreptitious glance. 2. acting in a stealthy way. 3. obtained by subreption; subreptitious. [1400-50; late ME < L surrepticius stolen, clandestine, equiv. to surrept(us), ptp. of surripere to steal, (sur- SUR-2 + rep-, comb. form of rapere to snatch, RAPE1 + -tus ptp. suffix) + -icius -ITIOUS] |
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