JESUITIC


Meaning of JESUITIC in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|wid.]ik, -|wit], ]ēk adjective

or jesu·it·i·cal ]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-

1. usually capitalized : of or relating to the Jesuits, Jesuitism, or jesuitry

2. often capitalized : having qualities thought to resemble those of a Jesuit — usually used disparagingly

the low cunning and Jesuitical trick with which she deludes her husband — S.T.Coleridge

• jesu·it·i·cal·ly ]ə̇k(ə)lē, ]ēk-, -li\ adverb , often capitalized

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