SURREPTITIOUS


Meaning of SURREPTITIOUS in English

adj. 1 covert; kept secret. 2 done by stealth; clandestine. surreptitiously adv. surreptitiousness n.

[ ME f. L surrepticius -itius f. surripere surrept- (as SUR-(1), rapere seize) ]

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